Road Accident / Speeding Bus Rams Into Chemical Tanker In Telangana
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Panic gripped the passengers, who escaped to safety through the emergency exit. Later, fire engines rushed to the spot and poured water to control the fumes.
Hyderabad, Nov 20: Around 30-40 passengers escaped unhurt after the bus they were travelling in rammed into a chemical tanker in Telangana’s Mahabubnagar district on Thursday.
According to reports, the incident occurred when the sleeper bus belonging to Jagan Travels hit the tanker filled with acid from the rear, resulting in the leakage.
Following the incident, panic gripped the passengers, who escaped to safety through the emergency exit. Later, fire engines rushed to the spot and poured water to control the fumes.
The firefighting personnel later capped the leakage. The tanker was coming to Hyderabad from Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh.
The accident, which occurred around 6.30 a.m., led to a huge traffic jam near the Macharam Flyover. Everyone heaved a sigh of relief as no one was harmed in the collision and the subsequent chemical leakage.
Telugu states have seen a series of accidents involving buses over the last month.
A head-on collision between an RTC bus and a tipper truck in Telangana’s Rangareddy district claimed 19 lives on November 3.
The speeding truck carrying construction material rammed into the bus, which was going to Hyderabad from Tandur. Several passengers were buried under the gravel.
Nineteen people were burnt to death when a private bus caught fire after running over a motorbike lying on the road after an accident near Kurnool town of Andhra Pradesh on October 24.
The bus belonging to Vemuri Kaveri Travels was engulfed by flames after the motorbike got stuck under its belly. The spark and fuel leakage from the bike triggered the massive blaze.
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A private travels bus overturned in Andhra Pradesh’s Eluru district on November 3, killing a man and injuring 10 others on the night of November 3.
The accident occurred when the bus belonging to Bharati Travels, and coming to Hyderabad from Eluru, overturned while negotiating a turn at Jubilee Nagar.
One person was killed and eight others injured when a private travel bus rammed into a truck on November 4 in Andhra Pradesh’s Sri Sathya Sai district.
Two persons were killed and six others injured when an RTC bus rammed into a stationary truck in Telangana’s Jangaon district on November 16.
(IANS)
According to reports, the incident occurred when the sleeper bus belonging to Jagan Travels hit the tanker filled with acid from the rear, resulting in the leakage.
Following the incident, panic gripped the passengers, who escaped to safety through the emergency exit. Later, fire engines rushed to the spot and poured water to control the fumes.
The firefighting personnel later capped the leakage. The tanker was coming to Hyderabad from Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh.
The accident, which occurred around 6.30 a.m., led to a huge traffic jam near the Macharam Flyover. Everyone heaved a sigh of relief as no one was harmed in the collision and the subsequent chemical leakage.
Telugu states have seen a series of accidents involving buses over the last month.
A head-on collision between an RTC bus and a tipper truck in Telangana’s Rangareddy district claimed 19 lives on November 3.
The speeding truck carrying construction material rammed into the bus, which was going to Hyderabad from Tandur. Several passengers were buried under the gravel.
Nineteen people were burnt to death when a private bus caught fire after running over a motorbike lying on the road after an accident near Kurnool town of Andhra Pradesh on October 24.
The bus belonging to Vemuri Kaveri Travels was engulfed by flames after the motorbike got stuck under its belly. The spark and fuel leakage from the bike triggered the massive blaze.
Also read: Leopard Enters Minister's House In Jaipur, Tranquilised After 2-Hour Chase
A private travels bus overturned in Andhra Pradesh’s Eluru district on November 3, killing a man and injuring 10 others on the night of November 3.
The accident occurred when the bus belonging to Bharati Travels, and coming to Hyderabad from Eluru, overturned while negotiating a turn at Jubilee Nagar.
One person was killed and eight others injured when a private travel bus rammed into a truck on November 4 in Andhra Pradesh’s Sri Sathya Sai district.
Two persons were killed and six others injured when an RTC bus rammed into a stationary truck in Telangana’s Jangaon district on November 16.
(IANS)
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