Hyderabad: Bus rams into tipper, 1 killed

Hyderabad: In a major accident on NH 65 in Sangareddy district no Saturday, one person was killed and five people sustained serious injuries. Police said the incident occurred when a private bus heading towards the city rammed into a tipper coming from the opposite direction. Tipper driver was killed in the  impact and five passengers in the bus received severe injuries. The deceased was identified as Md Abraham, 36. There were about 30 passengers in the bus when the incident happened.

The tipper was transporting mud to a construction site and was heading towards the Allana village on Saturday morning. Just then, a private bus belonging to Karan Travels coming from Mumbai rammed into the tipper. As the bus crashed into the tipper while it was taking a turn, the front cabin was completely smashed and the driver died on the spot. 

After hitting the tipper, the bus driver swerved the vehicle towards left to avoid running into other vehicles, and crashed to a high tension electricity pole.  Police suspect the bus driver may have been drowsy which led to the accident. The five injured bus passengers were rushed to a hospital at Zaheerabad town, where they were said to be in a stable condition.