The driver, M Srinivas Rao (48), died while undergoing treatment at the District Hospital
Khammam: An RTC bus driver died while eight others suffered injuries in a head-on collision between a lorry and a bus at Kodad cross roads in Khammam rural mandal in the district on Wednesday.
The driver, M Srinivas Rao (48), died while undergoing treatment at the District Hospital. The incident occurred when the Kodad depot bus going to Kodad from Khammam was hit by a lorry coming in the opposite direction.
The lorry driver and cleaner suffered serious injuries and are undergoing treatment at the hospital. The police had to use an earth-mover to separate the vehicles to rescue the cleaner who was trapped in the lorry cabin, informed the local SI, Ramu.
In another incident at Karunagiri Munneru bridge, a car fitted with LPG kit was reduced to ashes following a short circuit in the vehicle. Those travelling in the car managed to alight before the car was consumed by the fire.
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