A sand-laden lorry reportedly collided with a CRPF van on the road between Pasra and the Tadvai forest check post in Telangana’s Mulugu district on Thursday, leaving at least one CRPF jawan dead according to the body of a Deccan Chronicle report, while two revenue department employees travelling in a car were seriously injured.
The report says the lorry first hit the van and then rammed into the car carrying the revenue officials. Police reached the scene and shifted the injured employees to a nearby hospital. Their current medical condition was not provided in the supplied report.
The incident was reported on a main road connecting Pasra and the Tadvai forest check post, an area where traffic linked to forest administration, revenue operations and the movement of goods passes through a predominantly rural and forested landscape. The report attributed the initial assessment of the crash to possible over-speeding and rash driving, but said the circumstances remained part of the police investigation.
The lorry driver allegedly fled the scene after the collision. Police registered a case under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and began efforts to trace the driver, according to the report. The supplied material does not identify the lorry’s owner, state whether the vehicle was carrying legally sourced sand, or provide details of its registration, permit or fitness status.
The report also contains a material discrepancy on the number of CRPF personnel killed. Its original headline refers to two CRPF jawans being killed, while the article text states that one jawan died after the van was hit. The available material does not explain whether a second jawan was injured, died later, or was included in the headline in error. The identities of the personnel and the official death toll require confirmation from the police, CRPF or district administration.
The collision highlights the safety risks created when heavy goods vehicles share narrow or high-speed rural roads with official and civilian traffic. A definitive account would require the investigating agency’s findings, including the vehicle’s speed, road conditions, visibility, possible overloading, driver status and the sequence of impacts.
Police were continuing the search for the driver at the time of the report. Further official information is required to establish the confirmed number of deaths, the condition of the injured revenue employees and the legal action taken against those responsible.
