Ghastly Bus Accident Near Vijayawada A tragic bus accident took place today near Vijayawada.Four medical students and their driver were killed while 17 others were injured in a ghastly road accident. The accident happened near Gollapudi village in Vijayawada late on Monday night.The deceased students were belonging to Osmania Medical College and they were returning to Hyderabad from Amalapuram in a private bus when the accident occurred.
The deceased have been identified as Macha Pranay (Saroor Nagar), Vijay Tej (Quthubullapur), Uday (Karimnagar), Giri Lakshman (Adilabad) and driver Vemula Sivaiah. The bus was belonged to Dhanunjaya Travels and the accident was happened after the bus rammed into a tree at Nallakunta center at Gollapudi area
There were 45 students in the bus at the time of the accident. The deaths was happened after several students falling on each other in the bus while others got stuck between the bus seats. Some of the students, who survived the accident, alleged that the driver was drunk while driving the bus. They said some of them even involved in verbal war with driver after he didn't heed to their request on rash driving. Meanwhile the condition of the 17 injured students is stated to be critical.
News Posted: 15 March, 2016
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