NEWS ARTICLE ABOUT  NTR'S ACCIDENT

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N T Rama Rao (Junior) was injured when his SUV turned turtle on National Highway-9 in the wee hours on Friday.

NTR (Junior), the star campaigner of the Telugu Desam Party, was returning to Hyderabad after completing his first leg of electioneering in Khammam district when his SUV turned turtle while negotiating a curve at Mote village near Suryapet. He was accompanied by some friends.

The 25-year-old star sustained minor injuries on the head, hands and ribs besides a minor fracture in the spine.

Doctors attending on NTR (Jr) said the actor would have to take rest for at least six weeks.

Another actor Rajiv Kanakala and a friend of NTR (Jr) also sustained minor injuries in the incident, police sources said.

They were immediately rushed to nearby KIMS Hospital where a minor surgery was performed on NTR (Jr).

TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu, film star Nandamuri Balakrishna and others visited him at the hospital.

Meanwhile, Nalgonda district SP B Srinivasalu told PTI that a case has been registered against NTR junior for rash and negligence driving.

NTR (Jr) began his 33-day campaign for the TDP from Itchapuram in far-off Srikakulam district on March 12 and has toured six districts so far.

His clear and crisp speeches laced with pun, humour and parables were promising to be a big crowd puller.

On the advise of Chandrababu Naidu, the actor wanted to take a break for two days in view of the Ugadi (Telugu New Year’s Day) festival and return to Hyderabad after completing the campaigning in Khammam district late Thursday night. Telugu Desam Party’s star election campaigner NTR Jr. was rendered temporarily out of action as he sustained injuries in a road accident in the early hours of Friday while on his way back to the city from Khammam after addressing a public meeting.

Doctors at Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) in Secunderabad where he was admitted said he would require two weeks to completely recover from the injuries. In effect, the third generation star of the Nandamuri clan will be out of the TDP’s campaign which he has aggressively conducted for two weeks with a clever mix of words and histrionics.

The 26-year-old Telugu film actor was travelling in a Tata Safari along with friends. As they reached Mothe near Suryapet in Nalgonda district, the driver swerved to one side to avoid running over a dog at a bend, about 130 km from the State capital. The SUV somersaulted and ended in a roadside ditch causing injuries to the movie star and others.

Another film actor, Rajiv Kanakala, and others travelling along with NTR Jr. rushed him to a hospital in Suryapet and, after first aid, shifted him to KIMS where doctors conducted tests, including a CT scan and an MRI before keeping him under observation for two days.

NTR Jr. sustained bleeding injuries on his forehead, rear side of the head, face and hands, besides several bruises. Doctors said there was slight bleeding in the lungs and a hairline fracture of a rib on the right side.