23 August,2016 08:17 AM IST | | Agencies
Ten passengers, including two women, were killed and 18 others injured when a private bus they were travelling in fell into a canal at Nayakangudem in Telangana’s Khammam district in wee hours yesterday, police said
Hyderabad: Ten passengers, including two women, were killed and 18 others injured when a private bus they were travelling in fell into a canal at Nayakangudem in Telangana's Khammam district in wee hours yesterday, police said.
YSR Congress chief Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy meets an injured passenger. Pic/PTI
The bus accident occurred at around 3 am when the vehicle, proceeding to Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh from Hyderabad, hit a road railing of a bridge and fell into the canal under Kusumanchi Mandal of Kammam district resulting in the death of 10 passengers and injuries to 18 others, a senior police officer said.
"Around 30 passengers, besides two drivers and two attendants, were travelling in the ill-fated bus when the mishap occurred. After the accident, both the drivers and the attendants were not to be seen," said DIG (Warangal Range) T Prabhakar Rao.
As per preliminary information, the bus was on high speed and the driver seems to have lost control over the wheels resulting in the accident, the DIG said. The injured were rushed to Government General Hospital in Khammam, he said adding that police were in the process of registering a case.
The AP government announced an ex-gratia of Rs 3 lakh each to the kin of the 10 deceased.
