Jagtial (Telangana), Sep 11 (UNI) Fifty-seven passengers, including 36 women and five children were killed and 30 others injured when the overcrowded Telangana State Road Transport Corporation bus in which they were travelling lost control and fell into a valley on the Kondagattu ghat road in the district here on Tuesday.
This is one of worst tragedies in the state and the government announced an ex-gratia of Rs five lakh each
to the families of the deceased.
The accident took place when the ill-fated bus carrying people more than its capacity, was proceeding to Jagtial from Kondagutta ghat road, official sources said.
Fuiftyone-year-old bus driver Srinivas also died in the accident.
Several political leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress President Rahul Gandhi, the two Telugu states Chief Ministers-K Chandrasekhar Rao (Telangana) and N Chandrababu Naidu (Andhra Pradesh) expressed sorrow and shock over the ghastly bus mishap.
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