A tragic accident occurred in the early hours of Monday when a private bus collided with a roadside restaurant after crashing into stationary vehicles on the Hyderabad-Bengaluru national highway (NH-44) near Shamshabad. The incident resulted in the death of a 40-year-old man and left approximately 50 others injured, according to police reports.
The deceased was identified as Mohd Azmal from Telangana’s Karimnagar district, who was standing outside the restaurant and having a cup of tea. Azmal, who was having a cup of tea outside the restaurant was crashed to death on the spot, while many others in the restaurant and as well those outside it received injuries. The incident happened at around 5.30 am.
The accident was triggered after a container truck collided with an electric pole located on the road divider, according to a police official from Shamshabad police station. “A private bus belonging 7 Hills Roadways coming towards Hyderabad lost control in a bid to escape hitting the container truck, ploughed into multiple parked vehicles before ramming directly into the hotel and an adjacent betel shop,” the police said.
“The bus driver and another person were seriously injured, while others escaped with minor injuries.
They were rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment,” the police official said, adding that an investigation was going on to find out the exact sequence of events and the factors that led to the accident.
