Overview
- Police said the Hyderabad-bound bus rear-ended a sand-laden lorry parked on the Nidigonda flyover near Raghunathpalli in Jangaon district.
- The deceased were identified as Navjit Singh of Balasamudram in Hanumakonda and P. Om Prakash of Domalguda in Hyderabad.
- Officials reported the bus’s front was heavily damaged; the driver apparently failed to notice the stationary truck, and police said he was not speeding.
- The service had departed Hanamkonda around midnight carrying 16 passengers, and the injured were taken to the Jangaon area hospital, with two reported in serious condition.
- Accounts vary on injuries, with police reports citing six hurt and a local report noting five, as investigators pursue the case and traffic was restored using a crane.