Kurnool Bus Accident: 20 people were killed and 12 were injured when a private bus from Hyderabad to Bengaluru caught fire in the Kurnool region of Andhra Pradesh on Friday. Around 3:30 in the morning, a Kaveri Travels bus transporting roughly 44 people from Hyderabad to Bengaluru collided with a motorbike on National Highway 44. It was close to Kurnool City’s outskirts. Dr. A. Siri, the district collector for Kurnool, reported that 21 of the 41 passengers had been safely evacuated. 11 of the remaining 20 have had their bodies identified thus far.
How did the Kurnool Bus Accident take place?
According to authorities and passengers who survived, the private bus collided with the two-wheeler, causing the fire to start. An earlier media story had the police as saying, “The two-wheeler got trapped under the bus and hit the fuel tank, leading to an immediate explosion. A rapid streak of flames spread throughout the vehicle. According to a report by the PTI News agency, the motorbike was dragged beneath the bus “with its fuel cap open,” which started the Fire.
The death toll of the Kurnool Bus Accident
20 persons, including the biker, were killed in the bus fire in Chinnatekur hamlet in Kallur mandal of Andhra Pradesh’s Kurnool district. 12 other people survived the tragedy with minor injuries, according to the authorities. The majority of the people were sound sleeping because the incident happened early in the morning. Within minutes, the entire bus was consumed in flames. It left some passengers stuck inside and burnt beyond recognition. Others woke up to the unexpected fire and were able to break the windows and escape.
Registered Case
Based on the allegation made by one of the survivors in Ramesh, two bus drivers have been charged with negligence and speeding. Information based on an official police statement to PTI. The drivers have been accused of being careless and speeding by Ramesh. Locals informed him that the bus had struck the bike at high speed and pulled it around 200 meters. That resulted in fire and Sparks.
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