Five people were killed and around 20 injured after a private bus carrying 42 passengers rammed an iron-rod-laden container on the Hyderabad–Vijayawada highway in Telangana’s Suryapet district.
Five people were killed and around 20 others sustained serious injuries after a private travel bus rammed into an iron-rod-laden container from behind in Telangana’s Suryapet district on Wednesday.
The accident occurred at around 4.30 am on the Hyderabad–Vijayawada National Highway when the private bus, carrying 42 passengers, was travelling from Hyderabad to Eluru in Andhra Pradesh. According to police, the bus rammed the truck from the rear.
The impact caused the iron rods loaded on the container to pierce into the bus, worsening the severity of the accident. Several passengers became trapped inside the mangled bus and cried for help.
Police carried out a rescue operation for more than an hour to pull the injured and trapped passengers out of the bus. The injured were shifted to nearby hospitals for treatment.
The accident caused a major traffic jam on the Hyderabad–Vijayawada National Highway.