A tragic road accident in Telangana’s Rangareddy district claimed at least 17 lives and left seven others injured on Monday morning, Chevella ACP B Kishan confirmed in a X post. The collision occurred when a truck loaded with gravel crashed head-on into an RTC bus near Mirjaguda, close to Chevella.
“As of now, we can confirm that 16 people, including the truck driver and several bus passengers, have died in the accident,” the ACP said earlier in the day. The toll was later revised to 17 as one more victim was pronounced dead shortly after, according to Times of India.
[img=1px,1px]https://data.indianexpress.com/election2019/track_1x1.jpg[/img]Telangana bus tragedy: Collision on Bijapur Highway
“A road accident occurred between a TGSRTC bus and a truck near Khanapur Gate, under the Chevella police station limits in Rangareddy district. Several passengers are injured, and more details are yet to be known. This incident happened early this morning. We reached the spot, and more details will be provided later,” the Chevella Police said, according to ANI.
According to Rajendranagar DCP Yogesh Goutam, preliminary findings reveal that the truck may have been in the wrong lane at the time of the accident. “We have to verify whether the accident occurred while the truck driver was attempting to overtake or if he was driving in the wrong direction,” the DCP said in a statement.
There were around 40 passengers in the RTC bus when the accident took place. Police and rescue teams arrived at the spot, rescuing injured passengers and pulling out bodies from the completely destroyed bus. “The injured are being shifted to nearby hospitals. Traffic on both sides has been diverted,” Goutam added. |
