INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Harikrishna, 61, was a former parliamentarian and an actor
He was also the brother-in-law of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and a member of the politburo of the state's ruling
Telugu Desam Party.The accident took place around 6:30 am in Nalgonda, 100 km from Hyderabad.The actor-politician was driving his SUV, a
Toyota Fortuner, at a high speed, to attend a wedding in Nellore when his car hit a divider and flipped, landing on its side
The police believe Mr Harikrishna was driving at a speed of up to 150 km per hour as he wanted to make it to the wedding by 9 am.The SUV
also hit another car, a Maruti Suzuki Dzire
Three others in the car with Mr Harikrishna survived with injuries.The accident took place in the early hours of Wednesday in Nalgonda,
around 100 km from Hyderabad.Mr Harikrishna was thrown out of the car and suffered chest and head wounds
He was taken to hospital in a very critical state
He died soon after.In the 1980s, Mr Harikrishna famously drove around his father NT Rama Rao -- or NTR -- on a campaign tour of the state
He was made state transport minister when NTR became chief minister.Mr Harikrishna's sons, Junior NTR and Nandamuri Kalyanram, both popular
actors, went to the hospital.Mr Harikrishna's oldest son Nandamuri Janakiram was killed in a road accident in 2014
Junior NTR was also in an accident in 2009, but he escaped with injuries.
