Former Andhra Pradesh deputy chief minister and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) MLA Nimmakayala Chinarajappa met with an accident when the car he was travelling in drove over a divider in his constituency of Peddapuram in Kakinada district on Saturday, February 24. According to reports, the accident took place when the MLA was taking out a rally with party activists after TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu allocated him the Peddapuram ticket in the upcoming Assembly elections.

According to the visuals circulated widely on social media and on TV channels, the MLA’s car was travelling between a few bikes carrying TDP flags when the driver suddenly accelerated and drove the car over the median. Chinarajappa escaped unharmed and left the place in another car.

Chinarajappa served as deputy CM and home minister in the first Andhra Pradesh cabinet led by Naidu in 2014 after the bifurcation.

In a recent road mishap in Hyderabad, Secunderabad Cantonment MLA Lasya Nanditha (36) died when her car crashed into a side rail on the Outer Ring Road near Patancheru.