Two people were killed and one injured when an APSRTC bus overshot the platform at the bus terminus here on Monday
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Two people were killed and one injured when an APSRTC bus overshot the platform at the bus terminus here on Monday.
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The incident occurred at 8.20 am today when the bus crashed into platform number 12 of Pandit Nehru bus terminus, where a huge crowd of commuters was gathered, an official said.
"Instead of reversing the vehicle, the driver moved forward and overshot the platform," regional manager M Yesu Danam told PTI.
Vijayawada bus station is a major connection point for both the Telugu states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and the Vijayawada " Guntur service being one of the most prominent ones.
On receiving information police arrived at the spot and have registered a case.
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