Three Killed as Tyre Burst Triggers Fiery Bus And Lorry Crash in Andhra

Three persons were killed and more than a dozen injured in a horrific road accident in the early hours of Thursday after a private bus suffered a tyre burst, rammed into an oncoming container lorry and burst into flames near Shirivellametta in Nandyal district. 

According to police, the accident occurred shortly after 2 a.m. within the limits of Shirivella mandal. 

The ARBCVR private travels bus, carrying 36



passengers from Nellore to Hyderabad, suffered a tyre burst while in motion, causing the driver to lose control.

The bus mounted the road divider, veered into the opposite carriageway and collided head-on with a container lorry coming from the opposite direction. 

The impact was so severe that the bus immediately caught fire, with flames rapidly engulfing the vehicle. The container lorry was also gutted in the blaze.