{
  "id": 8714162,
  "title": "Telangana: Neurosurgeon Charred To Death After Car Crashes Into Divider, Catches Fire",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/telangana-neurosurgeon-charred-to-death-after-car-crashes-into",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-20T14:34:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/telangana-neurosurgeon-charred-to-death-after-car-crashes-into-divider-catches-fire"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A neurosurgeon lost his life in a horrific car accident on Sunday near Pillalamarri in Telangana. Dr Kasakurthi Jagadish, who worked at Mamata Hospital in Khammam, was traveling in a Volvo car when it lost control and collided with a road divider, according to police reports. The impact of the crash set the vehicle ablaze, and Dr Jagadish was trapped inside, unable to escape as the flames consumed him. The car was completely destroyed in the fire. Police arrived at the scene and launched rescue and relief operations, recovering the victim's charred remains. Vizag woman and her daughter-in-law were killed in a separate car crash in Australia while on a family visit to Melbourne. Meanwhile, another road accident on National Highway 44 in Telangana killed four people and injured one.",
  "summary": "A neurosurgeon was charred to death after the car he was travelling in lost control and crashed into a road divider on the Suryapet-Khammam National Highway near Pillalamarri in Telangana early on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Dr Kasakurthi Jagadish, a neurosurgeon working at Mamata Hospital in Khammam. Neurosurgeon Burnt Alive After His Car Crashes into Divider in Suryapet A horrific…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}