MOSCOW, January 7 (Sputnik) – The accident occurred at 8:15 a.m. local time (02:15 GMT), when a bus with 60 people on board fell off the road trying to avoid a collision with an auto rickshaw (three-wheeled vehicle) coming from the opposite site, according to the newspaper.
All injured passengers have been placed in hospitals in Anantapur, Penukonda and Bangalore cities. Eight people are reportedly in critical condition. The death toll is likely to increase, the newspaper said citing the local police.
Palle Raghunatha Reddy, a current member of the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh state, blamed the bus driver for negligence, but the newspaper noted that it might be partially caused by the ongoing road repair works, which led to reduction of the width of the road where the accident took place.
