A blistering Ferrari careened wildly through Hyderabad’s Jubilee Hills on Sunday, sparking a devastating chain reaction crash that hospitalized three and crippled a vital artery near Tollywood icon Nandamuri Balakrishna’s home. The luxury speedster, priced at a staggering 3.5-4 crores, barreled down Road No. 45 before catastrophe struck.
Traveling at breakneck speed toward Kondapur, the car suddenly swerved, striking an electric pole on the divider and careening into opposite traffic. The primary collision wrecked the oncoming vehicle, while a domino effect mangled at least three more cars and several bikes, turning the road into a wreckage-strewn mess.
Bystanders watched in horror as the affluent neighborhood grappled with the aftermath. Traffic ground to a halt amid the debris, prompting swift police intervention. Officers cleared the jam by rerouting vehicles and rushed the casualties to medical care; all are reported stable.
Jubilee Hills station has filed charges, with early findings blaming speed and potential mechanical issues like brake or engine faults. The sober driver, wedding-bound, owns no priors. Vehicle records link it to E. Venkata Raja Reddy. As experts scrutinize the mangled machine, road safety advocates decry reckless luxury driving.
Meanwhile, dawn brought grim news from Pahari Sharif: a farmer pedaling home from his plot was mowed down by a hit-and-run auto-rickshaw in Sardar Nagar. Severe head trauma claimed his life en route to the hospital, fueling outrage over unchecked rash driving in rural fringes.