India, Sept. 20 -- A neurosurgeon was burnt alive in Telangana after the four-wheeler he was driving hit a roadside divider on National Highway 365 in Suryapet and caught fire on Sunday morning.

The accident took place near Pillalamarri flyover on the Hyderabad-Khammam highway at around 7.15 am, PTI news agency reported. The doctor, identified as 50-year-old Jagadish, was working at Mamata Hospital in Khammam and was a native of Wyra in Khammam district. The doctor was travelling from Hyderabad from Khammam to meet his family, according to police.

The neurosurgeon's car was left engulfed in flames after it hit the iron grills of the road divider. Jagadeesh was alone in the car at the time of the accident, ANI news agency reported. Upon ...