26 passengers of RTC bus have a close shave
The Hindu
Bus overturns on damaged road
Around 26 passengers of a Hyderabad-bound TSRTC bus had a providential escape in the wee hours of Sunday after the bus overturned while negotiating a damaged portion of the road under repair near Ambedkarnagar in Thallada mandal.
Five passengers of the bus sustained minor injuries in the incident that occurred at about 1 a.m.
The TSRTC sources attributed the incident to lack of caution boards or warning signs at the site of road repair works. The driver of the bus reportedly lost control of the vehicle while crossing the stretch of the worn-out road, which is being repaved, resulting in the accident on the Kothagudem-Khammam highway.
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