3 Dead, 4 Hurt As Lorry, Bus Have Head-On Collision

2 Oct, 2017 09:01 IST|Sakshi
The badly damaged front portion of the bus

Three persons died on the spot and four other suffered critical injuries when a Hyderabad-bound Karnataka State Transport Corporation bus rammed into a lorry carrying a load of gas cylinders. The mishap occurred near Dhone in Kurnool district in the small hours of Monday.

According to Dhone rural police, the bus had a head-on collision with the lorry and the front portions of both the vehicles were badly mangled. At the time of the accident, there were over 50 passengers in the bus. The police, who were tipped off about the mishap, rushed to the spot and shifted the injured to the hospital.

The gas cylinders were strewn all over the place and the people are panicking amid fears that they might explode. The police have cordoned off the area to prevent any untoward incident.

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