Andhra minister narrowly escapes: Accident with escort vehicle

Visakhapatnam, September 12 (IANS): Andhra Pradesh Women and Child Welfare Minister Gummadi Sandhyarani narrowly escaped an accident on Thursday when a police vehicle in her convoy collided with an oncoming vehicle in Vizianagaram district.

Five police officers travelling in the police escort vehicle were injured in the accident.

The accident occurred in Busayavalasa village in Ramabhadrapuram district when the minister was on her way from Salur to Mentada district to attend a programme.

According to police, when the minister's convoy reached Busayavalasa village, an Eicher vehicle suddenly arrived on the main road and rammed the police vehicle accompanying the minister, injuring five armed reserve police personnel.

The minister's vehicle followed the police escort vehicle. She was uninjured because the driver of her car braked in time.

After the accident, the minister remained on site and supervised the rescue efforts. She helped to take the injured police officers to the hospital by ambulance.

The injured policemen were admitted to Tirumala Medicover Hospital in Vizianagaram.

The injured policemen are Armed Reserve Inspector KV Raman, Superintendent of Police P. Sunil, Constables R. Ganapathy, CM Mahesh and police vehicle driver and constable AVVSN Raju.

When Vizianagaram Police Commissioner Vakul Jindal came to know about the accident, he visited Tirumala Medicover Hospital and visited the injured.

The SP spoke to doctors and enquired about the health condition of the injured policemen. The SP spoke to Tirumala Prasad and other doctors and requested them to provide the best possible treatment to the injured.

The SP also spoke to the injured policemen and encouraged them. He also spoke to the family members of the policemen and asked them to take care of them.

SP Vakul Jindal directed the officials to deploy doctors at the hospital to provide necessary medical assistance.