6 Dead As Bus Catches Fire After Collision With Another Vehicle In Andhra

The bus was heading to Hyderabad with passengers returning after casting their votes in simultaneous elections to the state Assembly and Lok Sabha.

Six persons were charred to death and 20 others injured when a private bus caught fire after colliding with a tipper lorry in Andhra Pradesh's Palnadu district in the early hours of Wednesday.

The accident occurred near Pasumarru in Chilkaluripeta Mandal when the bus belonging to private travels collided head-on with a tipper around 1 a.m., police said.

The bus was heading to Hyderabad from Nilayapalem in Bapatla district. Injured passengers said they were returning to Hyderabad after casting their votes in Monday's simultaneous elections to the state Assembly and Lok Sabha