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Hyderabad: Two men died in separate Ganesh festivities in the state on Friday, September 25. One man was run over by a truck, while the other collapsed while dancing in front of his house.
In the first incident, an unidentified youth was run over by a truck near Metro Pillar number 1167 at the Khairtabad Junction. According to reports, the man had gone to witness a Ganesh procession and was trying to run away from the police, who had resorted to a lathi charge for crowd control.
In a separate incident, a 24-year-old man identified as Thoparapu Jayanth suddenly collapsed while dancing with locals. He was rushed to a hospital but was declared dead on arrival.
It is suspected that he suffered a heart attack.
This post was last modified on September 25, 2026 4:14 pm