10-year girl dies in a drunk driving car accident

Hyderabad: Pammi Ramya, 10-year-old girl, who was battling for life since the past week after sustaining critical injuries when her car was hit by another vehicle driven allegedly by a drunk person near Punjagutta in Hyderabad, has died. Ramya a class IV student who met with the accident while she was returning from school on the first day of the new academic year on July 1, had slipped into coma.

Banjara Hills Police Station Sub-Inspector G Vinod Kumar said “Though doctors had declared her brain dead after she was admitted to the hospital, the girl was on ventilator support and succumbed to her injuries last night.” Rajesh, brother of Ramya’s father, had died on the spot on July 1 when an oncoming car hit a road divider and flung into air before falling on his four-wheeler, police earlier said.