Eight people have died and over 30 others are injured after a private
bus going from Bhubaneswar to Hyderabad fell into a river near
Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh early morning today.
The injured have been taken to the Nandigama Government Hospital. At least 10 are reportedly critical.
The
bus which was to cover over a 1,000 km to from Odisha to Telangana had
made a stop in Vijayawada where a new driver took over.
The bus
reportedly overran a bridge divider and plunged through the gap between
the two lanes into a river in Mullapadu around 5.30 am.
Gas cutters were used to rescue the passengers.
The
driver was suspected to be sleepy and his negligence is being assessed
as the cause of the accident, according to initial probe.
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