A 10-year-old girl, who was battling for life since over a week after sustaining critical injuries when her car was hit by another vehicle driven allegedly by a drunk person near Punjagutta here, has died, police said today.
P Ramya, a class IV student who met with the accident while she was returning from school on the first day of new academic year on July 1, had slipped into coma. She succumbed to her injuries at a private hospital here last night, they 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, Banjara Hills Police Station Sub-Inspector G Vinod Kumar said.
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.
Though Ramya was on the rear seat, she suffered multiple wounds in the accident.
Accused Shraveel, who was reportedly inebriated while driving the car that hit the vehicle in which Ramya was travelling, was arrested after the mishap and booked under IPC section 304 (II) (culpable homicide not amounting to murder).
The accused is currently in judicial custody.
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Meanwhile, Hyderabad Commissioner of Police M Mahendar Reddy termed the death of Ramya, who battled for life for nine days, as "heart breaking" and as "most unfortunate".
Taking cognisance of the "tragic circumstances under which the accident" took place, a strong case of culpable homicide not amounting to murder has been registered against the 20-year-old engineering student, who was driving the vehicle without license and in an inebriated state, he said.
"The accused is liable for punishment upto 10 years of imprisonment. All necessary evidences including the evidence of consumption of alcohol, CCTV Footage etc. Have been collected to prove the guilt of the accused in court," the top cop said.
A requisition has also been filed in the court to take the accused in police custody and to conduct his identification parade, Reddy said.
"The Hyderabad City Police assures all possible measures will be taken to get the accused convicted in this case by charge-sheeting the accused at the earliest and conducting the trial through fast track," he said.
Meanwhile, P Venkata Ramana, Ramya's father, said, "She was our princess... She is no more. Stringent punishment should be given to the accused".
