As many as 15 passengers sustained injuries after a bus bound for Dharmavaram in Andhra Pradesh rammed into a carrier truck on National Highway 44 Bureddypally junction near Jadcherla in the wee hours on July 15, about two hours into its journey.
According to the Mahabubnagar Superintendent of Police Janaki, the bus, coming at a high speed caught fire right after the collision.
“The bus and the carrier truck were going in the same direction when the truck driver took a sudden U-turn towards Mahabubnagar. The bus, coming at a high speed, rammed into it around 1:47 a.m. The bus caught fire after all passengers had alighted,” Jadcherla Inspector A. Reddy said.
The injured, including the drivers of both vehicles - Kanakaiah, 44 and Sanjeevani Raidu, 46, were moved to Government Hospital, Jadcherla and a woman passenger - Lakshmi - moved to a private hospital in Secunderabad for treatment.
There were 36 passenger onboard the bus going from Hyderabad to Dharmavaram and no casualties have been reported from the incident.
A case has been booked against Kanakaiah under Section 125 A (Act endangering life or personal safety of others) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and further investigation is underway.
