37-Year-Old Secunderabad Cantonment MLA Lasya Nanditha Killed In Car Accident In Telangana

G. Lasya Nanditha, a 37-year-old legislator representing Secunderabad Cantonment, was killed in a car accident near Hyderabad on Friday morning. According to news agency ANI, the incident took place when the car she was traveling in collided with a traffic barrier on the Outer Ring traffic (ORR) near Patancheru. The MLA's driver was injured in the accident.

Nanditha died on the spot before she could be shifted for an emergency. Visuals from the accident scene showed the victim suffered a severe head injury.

The driver of the SUV (Maruthi Suzuki XL6) sustained severe injuries and was shifted to a nearby emergency centre.

According to the visuals, Nanditha was seated in the second-row seat at the time of the crash.

The crash was reportedly caused by the high speed at which the vehicle was traveling, with no other vehicles involved. The SUV was discovered crashed into the extreme left metal railing of the ORR.

She was quickly taken to a nearby hospital, where she was pronounced dead upon arrival. The driver sustained critical injuries in the accident and is currently undergoing medical treatment.

Nanditha, the daughter of former longtime Cantonment legislator G. Sayanna, was a first-time legislator elected from the Bharata Rashtra Samithi in December 2023.

Born in Hyderabad in 1986, Lasya Nanditha entered the political arena around ten years ago. She began her political career as a corporator in the Kavadiguda ward and later went on to be elected as an MLA from Secunderabad Cantonment in the 2023 Telangana assembly elections.

The young legislator had a narrow escape from an accident on the Narketpally-Addanki State Highway on the outskirts of Nalgonda town on February 13, while returning to Hyderabad after the party's mega meet in that town. Sadly, a home guard from Narketpally police station lost their life in that crash.

The MLA's mortal remains were placed at the local Amedha Hospitals, with the post-mortem scheduled to be conducted at the Patancheru area hospital.