Three persons were killed on the spot after the car they were in collided head on with a bus on the Hyderabad-Srisailam Highway on Friday morning.
Three friends: 35-year-old Shiva Krishna Varaprasad, a medical shop owner, 26-year-old Megavat Nikhil, an interior designer and 45-year-old Bura Mandeep, working in an automobile company, were killed in the accident at 6.30 a.m. near Ramanuthula Village of Amangal mandal.
“The bus was travelling from Hyderabad towards Srisailam while the three men were travelling from Amangal towards Hyderabad when the accident happened,” said Amangal circle inspector B. Pramod Kumar.
As per the CCTV footage obtained by the police, Mandeep was driving the hatchback car with the registration number TS08EG0351 on the wrong side and crashed into the bus head on. The three had travelled to Kalwakurthy on Thursday night.
“The bus driver, 36-year-old Venkataiah, has surrendered and is currently in police custody for questioning. Upon initial investigation, he is found to have a valid licence,” the official informed. The bodies were sent to Kalwakurthy Government Hospital for postmortem and samples of their blood have been sent to the Forensics Science Laboratory (FSL) to test for intoxication.
The Amangal police have filed the case under the Section 304A (death by negligence) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and further investigation into the case is underway. “The deceased were natives of Devipatnam and we have called their families for counselling,” the official said. All the passengers in the bus are safe, informed police.
