Tirupati, January 28: Three engineering college students died and 20 others were seriously injured when a Tirupati-bound RTC bus from Madanapalle overturned at the Narasingapuram railway level crossing in Chandragiri mandal this evening.
According to the Chandragiri police, the accident occurred when the bus driver tried to overtake another vehicle and lost control over steering. The bus lost purchase of the road and turned turtle.
Locals, who rushed to the spot, alerted the police. Rescue operations are continuing when reports last came in.
The deceased were identified as Munichandra Reddy, Manikantha and Anil – all students of MCA at a private engineering college at Rangampet.
They were returning home in Tirupati. The injured were being taken to the SVRR Hospital in Tirupati. Police said the condition of five of the injured was critical.
–Agencies