At least six people were charred to death after a bus they were travelling in collided with a lorry at Chilakaluripet mandai in Andhra Pradesh’s Palnadu district on Tuesday.
The bus was en route to Hyderabad from Chinnaganjam, a mandal in Bapatla district when it collided with a lorry. The two vehicles were completely damaged and the bus caught fire.
The deceased have been identified as Anji (35), Uppgundur Kashi (65), Uppgundur Lakshmi (55) and Mupparaju Khyati Saishri (8), all residents of Bapatla district in Andhra Pradesh, ANI reported.
The identities of two other deceased are yet to be ascertained.
“The injured people informed that a total of 42 people were travelling in the bus after casting their vote on Monday. Among them, a lorry driver, a bus driver and four others died on the spot,” said a police official, according to ANI.
The injured are being treated at Kothapeta Government Hospital.
(With inputs from ANI)