Hyderabad, Nov 3
Twenty people were killed and several others injured in a collision between an RTC bus and a truck in Telangana’s Rangareddy district on Monday.
The accident occurred around 6.30 a.m. on the Hyderabad-Bijapur highway near Mirzaguda in Chevella mandal, about 60 km from Hyderabad.
The bus, which was moving to Hyderabad from Tandur, was hit by a concrete-laden tipper truck coming from the opposite direction.
According to eyewitnesses, passengers sitting in the first six rows were crushed and buried under the gravel as the tipper lorry pierced through the bus. The entire gravel load fell in the bus, adding to the intensity of the crash.
Eighteen passengers of the bus, including 10 women, died in the collision. The deceased include drivers of both the bus and the truck. A 10-month-old baby and her mother were among those dead.