Hyderabad, January 20: A private bus fell into a roadside ditch injuring nearly 15 of its occupants at Hayathnagar on the outskirts of the city today. Three of them suffered serious injuries and fractures and are being treated at a hospital while the others escaped with minor injuries.
According to police, the bus driver lost control over the vehicle while negotiating a steep curve at Inamguda under the Hayathnagar police limits. The bus, with registration number AP 9 Y 1234, belonging to Sai Krishna travels was on its way to the city from Tenali via Vijayawada when the accident took place. “The accident took place around 6 a.m when the driver tried to negotiate a steep curve and lost control over the vehicle. The bus veered off the road and fell into a six-feet roadside pit,’’ Hayathnagar police inspector B Bhaskar said.
The bus driver abandoned the vehicle and fled from the spot. On information, police reached the spot and shifted the injured to a nearby private hospital. “Nearly 15 passengers suffered injuries. Three of them suffered fractures and are being treated at a hospital. The others were treated as out-patients,’’ Bhaskar said. A case under Section 337 (causing hurt by an act of endangering life) was registered and a hunt is on to nab the driver.
In another accident, a bus belonging to a private engineering college rammed into nearly four cars at Nizampet injuring four occupants today. The driver lost control over the vehicle and crashed into the vehicles that were passing before the vehicle, police said.
No case, however, was registered and all those who were hurt in the incident suffered minor injuries.
–Agencies