13 hurt as two RTC buses collide on Srisailam ghat road

Dornala: Thirteen passengers sustained injuries when two APSRTC busses collided on Srisailam Ghat Road on Friday. According to locals and police, one bus heading to Srisailam from Kurnool and other bus heading to Srisailam from Markapuram were collided between Sikharam and Chinarikatla on the ghat road.

The locals shifted the 13 passengers from both the buses to government hospitals in Dornala and Sundipenta. The drivers said that it is a steep turn and they didn’t able to observe the other bus coming on the way.

Police identified the injured as Sk Gousia, Y Guravamma, K Subbulu, B Satish, T Ramakrishna, S Venkataiah, JR Aparna, Md Murthuja, Y Raju, Yonoriva, K Kumar, K Rajesh Naik and Rayadurgam bus driver M Ramudu.

The doctors announced that most of the passengers suffered minor injuries and there is no life threat to any of them. The RTC authorities arranged alternate buses to the remaining passengers to continue the journey.