3 killed as bus rams stationary truck

Bus driver accused of negligent and rash driving

Three passengers of a private bus were killed when their vehicle rammed a stationary truck on the Narketpally-Addanki State highway in the Miryalaguda Town-I police limits in the wee hours of Tuesday. While two passengers were killed on the spot, another person who was stuck between the vehicle debris and extricated later, breathed his last while being rushed for emergency service. The victims were identified as Mallikarjuna, 40, and Nageswara Rao, 44, masonry workers hailing from Prakasam, and Vijaya Rao, 42, a farmer from Guntur. Ten others, including the driver who suffered a leg fracture, were taken to the Miryalaguda Area Hospital.