Online Desk :
At least 14 people were killed and four others injured after bus and truck collided in Andhra Pradesh’s Kurnool district in India on Sunday morning.
The accident took place near Madarpur village in Kurnool district’s Veldurti Mandal at 4 am when a group of people hailing from Chittoor district of the state were travelling in the mini bus towards Hyderabad. They were all on their way to Ajmer in Rajasthan.
The injured have now been been hospitalised and the condition of two is stated to be serious.
Preliminary investigation suggests that the driver of the bus apparently lost control and the vehicle first crashed against the road median and then rolled to the other side of the road hitting a lorry, an official was quoted as saying by news agency PTI.
Reacting to the tragedy, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy expressed “deep sorrow” for the loss of lives including woman and children in the accident.
CM Jagan Mohan Reddy instructed concerned officials to provide immediate relief and medical help to the injured families.
“The Chief Minister instructed the concerned officials to expedite relief and medical help and conveyed his condolences to the bereaved family members and wished speedy recovery of the injured,” a statement from CM Jagan Mohan Reddy’s office said.
