Hyderabad: A roadways bus of Andhra Pradesh State Road Transportation Corporation (APSRTC) had been fall down into a gorge of around 30 feet in depth which cause death of 12 people with 25 other injured.
Reports claimed that APSRTC bus fall downhill on the Hindupur – Madakasira ghat road, was carrying more than fifty people, mostly students coming from Madakasira town to Hindupur for higher studies, started from Madakasira to Penukonda at around 7:45.
When the bus was negotiating a curve, less than 10 kms from the Penukonda town, on the intervening ghat section of the road, it fell into a gorge.
Survivors of the accident said that the bus driver fell into a dug up patch of the road, which is under repair, as he tried to avoid an incoming vehicle in the opposite direction, leading to a bus overturn and slip down the gorge.
Police claimed that a total of twenty five people have been identified as injured and have been sent to the Penukonda and Hindupur government hospitals for treatment.
The revenue and police authorities had confirmed the death of 12 people out of which mostly were students.
However, it is feared, the death roll might increase further as the rescue operations take time, given the location.
Bureau Report
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