3 Killed As Tourist Bus Collides With Car At Yacharam
The accident occurred around 12.30 am when they were on the way to their residence in BN Reddy Nagar: Police
Hyderabad: Three paternal cousins died and two more from the same family were injured while two mutual friends sustained injuries in a road accident in Yacharam on Wednesday morning. The accident took place when the seven were returning to the city from Nagarjunasagar after attending a birthday party. Yacharam police confirmed no passengers on the travel bus were injured and the driver was taken into custody.
The three deceased were identified as Vasa Sai Teja, 24, a driver, Vasa Pawan Kumar, 26, a concrete mixture dealer and Vasa Raghvendra, 22 supervisor at a chicken shop in Warangal. The four other injured are Vasa Sai Kumar,22 , and Vasa Shiva Kumar, 25, while M. Sandeep, 25 and E. Shiv Kumar are mutual friends of Sai Teja and Pavan.
Yacharam CI A. Nandeeshwar Reddy said the accident occurred due to overspeeding and negligence of bus driver Krishna Mohan Reddy, 40. He is in police custody and a case was registered against him. The inspector added, “The accident took place when the seven-seater car were coming from Nagarjunasagar to Hyderabad and the travel bus overspeeding was going towards Prakasam district from Hyderabad in the opposite direction in a two lane road. The collision occurred when the bus driver tried to overtake a vehicle in front of him. The trio died on the spot while four others are undergoing treatment.’
The three deceased, whose fathers are brothers, attended a common friend’s birthday party at Vizag Colony in Nagarjunasagar. They invited their two other cousins, son of another brother and two friends joined. Sai Teja requested their relatives for a seven seater car and left for Vizag Colony on Tuesday morning. SI U. Madhu said, “The accident took place early in the morning and a commuter called Dial 100. The four injured were taken to the hospital and are stable.”
Among the deceased, Pavan was the eldest and had married a few years ago while the two others were unmarried. Pavan has a year-old baby girl. Meanwhile, when families of the trio reached Ibrahimpatnam mortuary, the sight was heart-wrenching. It worsened when the three fathers collapsed over the bodies of their sons. The bodies were later handed over to the families for the final rites.