Summary The jeep was badly mangled and many other passengers were trapped inside.
Web Desk – At least fifteen people travelling in a jeep were killed when a speeding private bus collided with the vehicle in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh on Saturday.
Another six passengers in the ill-fated jeep sustained injuries and have been hospitalised, Indian media reported.
The injured were shifted to Kurnool government hospital for treatment. 13 people died on the spot and two in the hospital.
The victims, all related to each other, were identified as villagers of Ramavaram in Gadwal district of neighbouring Telangana state. They were returing home after attending a marriage when the mishap took place. Some passengers in the bus received minor injuries.
Telangana Chief Minister K Chadrasekhar Rao, Andhra Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and leader of the Opposition YS Jaganmohan Reddy expressed shock over the accident.
"A Volvo bus approaching in high speed crossed the divider and hit the jeep" a local person in the spot said.
"The jeep was badly mangled and many other passengers were trapped inside.We have pulled out four injured passengers so far and shifted them to the government hospital in Kurnool for treatment," a senior police official said over phone.
