Around 30 engineering students injured as college bus overturns in Bhadradri Kothagudem district

Around 30 students of a backstage engineering assemblage were injured, 1 of them grievously, erstwhile the assemblage autobus they were travelling successful overturned astatine Mondikunta successful Bhadradri Kothagudem territory connected Friday.

The autobus was heading to KLR Engineering College successful Paloncha from Manuguru erstwhile its operator reportedly mislaid power of the wheel. Around 50 students were travelling successful the autobus astatine the clip of the accident.

The injured were rushed to the Government Area Hospital successful Bhadrachalam. Barring a few, each others were treated arsenic outpatients. A grievously injured pupil was shifted to a infirmary successful Khammam for amended treatment.

A delegation of CPI(M) leaders led by party’s State committee member, A.J. Ramesh, visited the injured students astatine the infirmary successful Bhadrachalam. They alleged that the mishap occurred owed to implicit speeding and added that the autobus was carrying much students than the prescribed limit. They demanded the officials of the Road Transport Authority (RTA) to initiate urgent steps to forestall overloading of school/college buses to guarantee information of students.