Six persons burnt alive as bus collides with tipper lorry

In a ghastly road accident, six persons were charred alive and 20 were injured when a private travel bus collided with a tipper lorry on the night of Tuesday at Eevuripalem village in Chilakaluripet mandal in Bapatla district of Andhra Pradesh.
Chilakaluripet DSP Varma told the media that the private travel bus was going to Hyderabad from Chinaganjam with 42 passengers. The bus collided with a tipper lorry at around 2 am and flames erupted in the bus immediately.
Six persons, including the bus driver, tipper lorry driver and four passengers travelling in the bus, were charred alive in the flames.Three of the deceased belonged to one family.
Five of the deceased were identified as Uppgundur Kashi Brahmeswara Rao (64) his wife Uppugundur Lakshmi (55) and their granddaughter Mupparaju Saisri (9), Hari Singh (Tipper driver, belonged to Madhya Pradesh) and Anji (35) bus driver.
The bodies of the deceased burnt beyond recognition. As many as 20 bus passengers were injured in the accident and they were admitted to GGH in Chilakaluripet, Guntur and to a private hospital. Most of the passengers travelling in the bus were living in Hyderabad and they went to Chirala and Chinajangam to cast their vote in the elections. The accident took place when they were going back to Hyderabad. Since the road is under construction, the vehicles were allowed to pass on a single lane road. As the front portion of the bus was badly damaged in the mishap, the bus passengers could not escape resulting in the death of four bus passengers, the DSP said. A fire tender went to the place from Chilakaluripet and extinguished the flames but by that time the bus was completely gutted. Andhra Pradesh Governor S Abdul Nazeer has expressed profound grief and anguish over the road accident in which six people were killed and 20 others were injured. The Governor offered his condolences to the bereaved family members and instructed the officials to provide better medical facilities to the injured persons. Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy expressed shock and conveyed his sympathies to the bereaved family. The Chief Minister assured of extending all support to the family members of the deceased. Former Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu also expressed grief and shock over the ghastly road accident and death of six people.