A senior Andra Pradesh minister P Narayana's son was killed in an accident on Wednesday early morning while he was driving home in Mercedez Benz car in heavy rain, according to police.
Reports state that 22-year-old P Nishit attempted to try a turn on a partially inundated road and hit a metro rail pillar at 3 am on Wednesday. The incident reportedly occurred in the Jubilee Hills area which went dark on Tuesday night as rains caused power lines to sap and large chunks of the road submerged under water.
It was not immediately clear whether Nishit, son of Andhra Pradesh municipal administration minister, was driving under the influence of alcohol.
Jubilee Hills police inspector S Venkat Reddy said that Nishit and his friend Raja Ravi Varma suffered serious injuries in the accident. Local residents rushed the two to Apollo Hospitals, where they were declared brought dead.
AP Minister Sri. P Narayan's son Nishith Narayana killed in road mishap pic.twitter.com/yZU7mGNtTF
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Nishit is the director of Narayana Group of Institutions, which produces several engineering and medical students every year.
Reports state that the Andra Pradesh minister was visiting London when the incident occurred and rushed to Hyderabad when he received the news. Narayana is scheduled to land in Chennai in the evening and would head to Nellore, where the last rites of his son would be performed on Thursday.
Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu extended his condolences to Narayana and his family on Wednesday.
Andhra Pradesh minister P. Narayana’s son dies in Hyderabad road accident Condolences to the family RIP
— Suresh Prabhu (@sureshpprabhu) May 10, 2017
Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu, his Telangana counterpart K Chandrasekhara Rao and several others also extended condolences to the bereaved family.
