"road-accident"

At least 18 people were killed and 25 injured after a truck hit a double-decker bus in Barabanki late on Tuesday night, police said.

The axle of the bus broke down and it was parked on the road when a speeding truck coming from behind hit it.

According to the police, the deceased was identified as Shahabuddin, a resident of Musheerabad.

The victims were identified as Y.Mallikarjun Reddy (60), wife Rajyalaxmi (56) and grandson Devansh Reddy, all residents of Saketh Nagar in Vikarabad.

Police said the victims identified as Masthan (35) and Chandraiah (57), were proceeding from Hayathnagar towards Abdullapurmet when the mishap occurred.

The driver of the lorry sped away after committing the offence.

According to the police, the incident occurred when a speeding car rammed into a parked lorry at around 4.30 am.

The bus was travelling from Sialkot to Rajanpur and met with an accident in Dera Ghazi Khan area of Punjab.

According to police, Sandeep Chowan (18) and Dhanaji (14) were hit by an unknown vehicle near Yellammagudi while they were returning back from work on a bike in the morning.

The victims are identified as Shaik Qamaruddin (35), Syed Jameel (22) and Syed Bablu (27) all staying at Langer Houz and natives of Nanded in Maharashtra.

The deceased, Y Appa Rao who was on his way to work at Nava Bharat on a two wheeler in morning hours when he hit a stationary truck on the road.

The deceased was identified as Praveen (23), a resident of Dharmapeta Colony, Kurnool district.

According to Kothakota police, the Innova vehicle driver's negligence and over speed resulted in the vehicle hitting the truck from behind.

The deceased, identified as Srikanth, was travelling on his motorcycle when he rammed into a concrete ready mix container at Tank Bund stretch and fell on the road, according to the police.

Going by the pictures that surfaced on social media, the front part of the four-wheeler Innova Crysta was damaged. It appears that Mahesh suffered injuries on the face.

A social worker, Rajagopala Chary received injuries after falling from his bike near Angadibazar in Jagitial town on Saturday morning.

The victim, K Sudharshan who worked at Singareni Bhavan Khairatabad was going to his workplace on his motorcycle when a truck hit and ran over him at DBR Mills early on Sunday.

The doctor, identified as Ramesh, was returning home from work on his motorcycle when a truck hit him at Kompally in Petbasheerabad

According to police, ASI Bhagya's daughter was driving the vehicle, Bhagya sat on the pillion. When they reached the Khaman area, a speeding lorry coming from the back side hit their vehicle.

The accident occurred when a car moving towards Jagitial from Korutla hit a two-wheeler coming from the opposite direction