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The motorist, whose motorcycle collided with the ill-fated backstage autobus astatine Chinna Tekur successful Kurnool leaving 19 passengers charred to death, was drunk, constabulary confirmed connected Sunday (October 26, 2025).
“The Regional Forensic Science Laboratory (RFSL) astatine Kurnool had submitted its study confirming that the motorcycle rider, B. Shiva Shankar, was drunk,” Superintendent of Police Vikrant Patil said. The SP said that the viscera samples person traces of intoxicant arsenic per the RFSL report.
The backstage sleeper autobus from Hyderabad to Bengaluru went up successful flames aft hitting a motorcycle that was lying connected the roadworthy successful the aboriginal hours of Friday (October 24, 2025). The motorcycle was driven by B. Shiva Shankar of Kurnool. His motorcycle skidded disconnected the roadworthy and deed the roadworthy divider, throwing him disconnected the vehicle, which resulted successful his death. Even earlier his person Erriswamy, who was riding pillion, could effort to region the motorcycle from the road, the autobus collided with it and erupted successful flames.
Police connected Saturday (October 25, 2025) verified the CCTV footage from assorted places connected the highway, toll gross and petrol filling stations arsenic portion of their investigation. In the footage from a HP filling station, they recovered Shiva Shankar and his person entering the HP petrol filling presumption adjacent Kia Showroom wherever they filled substance worthy ₹300.
The duo entered the petrol filling presumption astatine astir 2.24 p.m., waited for the staff, walked retired of the premises for a fewer minutes and past near the spot aft filling petrol and the aforesaid was recorded successful the CCTVs astatine the petrol filling station. The duo initially went to the 3rd petrol filling pump wherever determination was nary staff. From there, helium drove the motorcycle successful a rash mode and astir fell down but managed to balance.
A fewer minutes aft leaving the filling station, Shiva Shankar fell down, the constabulary said.
