Over 30 people in hospital after bus-truck collision near Andhra's Nellore

Over 30 passengers were seriously injured after a bus collided with a truck near Andhra Pradesh’s Nellore district. The injured have been shifted to Nellore hospital for treatment. The condition of a woman passenger is said to be critical.

Several people were injured after a bus carrying a passenger collided with a truck on the Kolkata-Chennai national highway in Nellore. The incident occurred near Ramachandra Reddy Nagar, a small hamlet in Buchireddypalem Mandal in Andhra Pradesh's Nellore district.

The speeding bus carrying passengers hit a parked truck from behind and rolled down the fields. More than 30 passengers on board the bus received serious injuries and were shifted to hospital.

The condition of a woman passenger is said to be critical. Soon after the accident, police and locals rushed to the spot and launched a rescue operation.

All the injured were shifted to the Nellore hospital for treatment. A case was also registered regarding this accident and further investigation is going on.

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