Two killed in road accident on Hyderabad-Vijayawada highway

A private travel bus rammed into a stationary lorry from behind resulting in death of the bus driver and a female passenger

Hyderabad: Two people including the driver of a private bus and a passenger died after it went out of control and crashed into a truck ahead on the Hyderabad-Vijayawada national highway at Choutuppal on the city outskirts on Wednesday.

As per available information, the incident occurred around 5am, when the driver of the bus who is suspected to have missed to notice the stationary truck which had broken down and parked on the road side at Khaitapuram. Police suspect the driver had dozed off resulting in the crash.

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The bus driver and a woman passenger who was reportedly seated in the front seats suffered multiple bleeding injuries and died in the incident.

On receiving information, the Choutuppal police reached the spot and took up investigation.

Both the truck and the bus were badly damaged due to the impact of the collision. The police had to use an earthmover to remove them aside.

The incident led to mild traffic congestion on the busy road between Hyderabad-Vijayawada. However, the police quickly cleared the vehicles involved in the crash and the traffic.