Naveen S Garewal
Hyderabad, February 14
Fourteen people died in a collision between a bus and a truck in Andhra Pradesh’s Kurnool district on Sunday morning. Four injured have been admitted to hospital.
The accident took place near Madarpur village in Kurnool district’s Veldurti Mandal at 4 am when a group of people hailing from Chittoor district of the state were travelling in the minibus towards Hyderabad. They were reportedly going for a pilgrimage to Ajmer in Rajasthan.
Kurnool Superintendent of Police K. Fakirappa said “the minibus was carrying 18 people, who were on their way to Ajmer in Rajasthan for pilgrimage. Four children survived the accident with injuries but the condition of two of them is stated to be critical”.
13 killed in road mishap in Andhra s Kurnool
Mirror Online / Updated: Feb 14, 2021, 10:02 IST
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Kurnool district on Sunday.
The incident took place at 3.30 am near Madarpur village in Veldurti Mandal of Kurnool district.
Giving the details of the accident, Veldurti Sub Inspector Peddaiah Naidu and Krishnagiri sub-inspector Ramanjaneya Reddy told ANI, The bus was going from to Ajmer in Rajasthan. The bus reached Madarpur village at around 3.30 am. The bus went in the wrong direction hit the lorry that was coming from the opposite direction. There were 17 persons in the bus. 13 of them, including the driver, died on the spot, while 4 were injured. The injured have been admitted to Kurnool Government General Hospital, they added.
14 AP pilgrims on way to Ajmer Dargah killed, 4 injured in Kurnool
By SM Bilal| Updated: 14th February 2021 11:05 pm IST
Hyderabad: Tragedy struck a group of pilgrims on their way to Ajmer Dargah as 14 of them, including eight women and a child, were killed and four injured in a road mishap in Kurnool district in Andhra Pradesh early on Sunday, police said.
The accident occurred when a mini-bus in which the victims, all relatives and hailing from Madanapalle in Chittoor district of the state, were travelling collided with a lorry at Madapuram around 4 AM, Kurnool District Superintendent of Police K.Fakirappa said. The passengers were on their way to the Ajmer Sharif Dargah in Rajasthan, he said.
14 Andhra Pradesh pilgrims killed in road accident
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Tragedy struck a group of pilgrims on their way to Ajmer Dargah as 14 of them, including eight women and a child, were killed and four injured in a road mishap in Kurnool district in Andhra Pradesh early on Sunday, police said.
The accident occurred when a mini-bus in which the victims, all relatives and hailing from Madanapalle in Chittoor district of the state, were travelling collided with a lorry at Madapuram around 4 AM, Kurnool District Superintendent of Police K.Fakirappa said.
The passengers were on their way to the Ajmer Sharif Dargah in Rajasthan, he said.