Shocked that he had just mowed down a girl, the driver of a car died of a heart attack on the spot at Bhimavaram in West Godavari district on Wednesday morning.
According to Sub-Inspector Srinivas, Bupatiraju Satyanarayana Raju (57) was driving his car at a high speed when he ran over 15-year-old Sowmya at Padmalaya Theater.
Seeing the girl bleeding profusely after being thrown to the side of the road, Raju went into a state of shock. Even before passersby rushed to the spot, he collapsed and breathed his last.
The passersby summoned a 108 ambulance and shifted Sowmya to hospital. Soon after, Sowmya died of her injuries while undergoing treatment.
A case has been registered under Section 304-A IPC.