Telugu actor Harikrishna killed in road accident

HYDERABAD: Telugu actor and former Rajya Sabha member Nandamuri Harikrishna was killed in a road accident near Telangana's Nalgonda district. Fourth son of former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh and founder of the Telugu Desam Party, NT Rama Rao, Harikrishna suffered a severe head injury after he was thrown out of his car after it rammed into a divider, toppled, and collided with an oncoming SUV. He was declared “brought dead” by doctors at the Kamineni Hospital, 15 km away from accident site. He body was later taken by the Nandamuri family in a convoy from the hospital in Narketpally. Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has instructed officials to conduct Harikrishna's last rites with official honours.