Nandyala, Jan. 22 -- Three persons were charred alive when a private travel bus collided with a lorry at Shirivellametta village of Sirivella mandal of the district on Kurnool-Chittoor NH 40 in the wee hours and the bus completely gutted in the flames.
Police said that the private travel sleeper coach bus was going to Hyderabad from Nellore. The bus driver lost control as the front tyre of the bus burst, resulting in the bus mounted the road divider and ploughed through into the other lane. At the same time, a lorry was going on the other lane and the bus collided with the lorry.
Immediately after the collision flames erupted in the bus in which the driver of the bus, lorry driver and cleaner were charred alive. However, all 36 passengers...