A private travels bus belonging to Venkataramana Travels met with an accident today morning.According to police the bus en route to Vijayawada from Bangalore.
It met with an accident on National Highway 16 at Edlapadu village, Guntur district.It is learned that the accident took place after the bus driver tried to overtake a lorry (carrying tobacco), and hit the divider.
As soon as the bus hit the divider at a speed of 50 kmph, the bus tolled on to the opposite lane of the road injuring the passengers.At the time of the accident, 37 people were on-board the private travels bus.
Local sources confirmed that 7 passengers met with critically injuries, and 30 sustained minor to medium injuries in the mishap.Police who arrived at the scene within 12mins of the accident admitted the injured passengers to Guntur government hospital.Edlapadu SI Nageswara Rao filed the case and began investigating.
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