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Neurosurgeon Burnt Alive After Car Crashes, Explodes in Telangana
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News18•20-09-2026, 22:59
Neurosurgeon Burnt Alive After Car Crashes, Explodes in Telangana
- •Dr. Kasakurthi Jagadish, a 50-year-old neurosurgeon, died after his car hit a road divider and caught fire near Pillalamarri in Telangana's Suryapet district.
- •CCTV footage shows the car veering, crashing into the outer divider, and immediately bursting into flames.
- •The accident occurred on the Hyderabad-Khammam highway around 7:15 am; police and fire personnel extinguished the blaze, but the car was completely gutted.
- •Dr. Jagadish, a senior neurosurgeon at Mamata Hospital in Khammam, was identified using toll gate information and the vehicle's temporary registration.
- •Police suspect the doctor may have dozed off while driving to Hyderabad to meet his family; a forensic investigation is underway.
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Initial police investigations suggest that the neurosurgeon may have dozed off while driving before his vehicle veered across lanes, crashed into a road divider near Pillalamarri, and burst into flames.
The victim was identified as 50-year-old Dr. Kasakurthi Jagadish, a senior neurosurgeon working at Mamata Hospital in Khammam, who was driving to Hyderabad to meet his family.
The accident occurred at around 7:15 am near the Pillalamarri flyover on the Hyderabad-Khammam highway in Telangana's Suryapet district.
