Bus fire: Volvo was going at 180 kmph

HYDERABAD: The private Volvo bus that caught fire after ramming a tipper from behind near Choutuppal on Sunday midnight was going at a top speed of 180 km per hour when it met with the accident on NH-9, police said.“The accident took place when the driver tried to chase another vehicle at a high speed to overtake it. Unfortunately hit a tipper ahead of it. The bus driver lost his control over the steering while he was overtaking another vehicle. He failed to notice a tipper which was going slowly ahead and rammed it,' said Bhongir deputy superintendent of police M Yadaiah. Two persons _ driver Veera Srinivas, a resident of Pulletikurru village in Ambajipet mandal in East Godavari district, and passenger Oruganti Sarada, a resident of Vatluru at Eluru _ were charred to death. As many as 15 passengers received minor injuries and were admitted to the government hospital at Choutuppal, Osmania General Hospital and a private hospital in Hyderabad. The bus, belonging to Anjani Travels, was going from Hyderabad to Amalapuram.