Kurnool Tragedy: Owner Claims Bus Is Fit
24 Oct 2025 3:35 PM IST24 Oct 2025 3:35 PM IST
The continuous downpour made the bike skid and soon it caught fire. As the biker was travelling at a speed, the burning bike got under the bus. This led to fire at the main door of the bus and the passengers could not come out of the vehicle, the bus owner said
Though the management claimed that the tragedy occurred due to the bike, officials who reached the place of mishap blamed the negligence of the staff and management for the gruesome tragedy. The fire safety norms were violated. During the mishap, the bus was travelling at 100 km per hour. Even the foam bottle was not available in the bus for the drivers to initiate steps for dousing the flames. Neither a hammer was available to bail out the passengers to safety, they said. — Internet
Vijayawada: The ill-fated Kaveri travels bus owner Vemuri Venkateswarlu claimed that the bus was having all valid papers including insurance, road tax and fitness certificate. He said that all the bereaved family members of the deceased and the injured would get the insurance claims.
He said that when the biker skidded on the road and went underneath the body of the bus, the bike’s fuel tank burst into flames and caught the bus. He added that his two drivers helped save some of the passengers by breaking open the rear side window panes as the main door of the bus caught fire and the passengers were unable to reach it to escape. He expressed regret over the death of the passengers and injuries to some of them in the mishap.
( Source : Deccan Chronicle )
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