India, Dec. 12 -- Nine people were killed and 23 others injured when a bus fell off a ghat road and overturned in Andhra Pradesh's Alluri Sitaramaraju district early Friday, police said. The bus, carrying 37 passengers including the driver and cleaner, was en route to Telangana. Six passengers escaped without injuries.

Superintendent of Police Amit Bardar said the accident occurred around 4:30 am on the Chintoor-Maredumilli ghat road near a Durga temple. "At least nine people were killed, and 23 were injured as the bus fell off the ghat road and turned turtle. Four of the injured are critical," Bardar told PTI.

Preliminary reports suggest the driver may have missed a curve due to heavy fog. The bus plunged from an upper stretch of the g...