Close shave for 12 passengers as Telangana govt bus turns turtle; driver suffers head injuries

The passengers said that the bus driver lost control when a herd of cattle suddenly came into the middle of the road which led to the accident.
The TSRTC bus that overturned at Kodapur village in Jangaon district of Telangana. (Photo | Express)
The TSRTC bus that overturned at Kodapur village in Jangaon district of Telangana. (Photo | Express)

JANGAON: As many as 12 passengers had a miraculous escape after a Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) bus in which they were travelling overturned at Kodapur village outskirts in Chilpur mandal in Jangaon district in the early hours of Tuesday.

The commuters were on their way to Jagatgirigutta from Husnabad when the mishap took place.

Chilpur police rushed to the spot and shifted the injured to Husnabad Government Area Hospital for treatment. The passengers said that the bus driver lost control when a herd of cattle suddenly came into the middle of the road which led to the accident.

Chilpur Sub-Inspector(SI) M Mahender informed that the bus driver suffered head injuries and has been shifted to hospital. The case is under investigation, said Mahender.

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