HYDERABAD: A car driver died and 13 others on a bus were injured after the speeding vehicle crashed into the RTC bus near Manthani on Wednesday morning. Both vehicles fell into a pit beside the road, killing the car driver on the spot.
The car driver, T Vineet, was on his way from from Khansaipeta village to Manthani when he lost control at Gadudulagutta and collided with the oncoming bus.
“Vineet applied sudden brakes on seeing the bus and the car turned right. After hitting the bus, the car fell off the road into a pit. In his attempt to avoid the car, the bus driver turned the vehicle left and it too landed in the pit,” Manthani SI Chandrasekhar said.
“All the injured were shifted to a nearby hospital,” the SI said.
Police registered a case under IPC Section 304-a (causing death due to rash or negligent act) and 337 (causing injuries due to rash or negligent act).
TSRTC MD, VC Sajjanar said that because of the alertness of the RTC bus driver Goverdhan, lives of the passengers were saved and all of them escaped with minor injuries. RTC MD appealed to motorists to drive responsibly to prevent such mishaps.
