Day after Kurnool tragedy, private bus overturns in Telangana; several people injured
According to the traffic police official, a total of 17 passengers were traveling on the bus. 7 injured people were taken to hospital for further treatment. Read on for more details.
Many passengers were injured in the accident.
Traffic Inspector Vanasthalipuram said that a private electric bus heading from Miyapur to Guntur overturned on the Outer Ring Road under Abdullahpurmet police station limits in Telangana’s Ranga Reddy district, injuring seven passengers. According to the traffic police official, 17 passengers were traveling on the bus. 7 injured people were taken to hospital for further treatment.
Traffic Inspector Vanasthalipuram said, “We received information that a private travel bus overturned around 2.30 pm today. We reached the spot and found that around 17 passengers were traveling and 7 of them were injured. These passengers were taken to hospital for further treatment. The incident occurred due to the negligence of the driver while turning, which resulted in the bus overturning. The driver and others are safe, but there are some injured people. We are investigating the matter.”
In a separate incident in neighboring Andhra Pradesh, a bus from Hyderabad to Bengaluru caught fire at Chinnatekur near Kurnool district on National Highway (NH) 44 in the early hours of Friday. Kurnool District Collector (DC) A Siri said that a total of 11 bodies have been identified while the remaining nine bodies are yet to be disclosed. He said the incident occurred between 03.00 and 03.10 on Friday.
The Telangana government has announced a gift of Rs 5 lakh per person to the families of those killed in the Kurnool bus fire accident and Rs 2 lakh to those injured. Telangana Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar Goud announced that ex-gratia will be given to the affected families on the instructions of Chief Minister Revanth Reddy. “On the instructions of Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, the Telangana government will give a gift of 5 lakh rupees to the families of the deceased and 2 lakh rupees to those injured in the Kurnool bus accident,” Goud said in a statement.
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