28 injured as state-run bus overturns in Telangana

As many as 28 passengers, including 20 women, were injured when a state-run bus overturned near here today, police said.

The mishap took place near Sultanpur village under Julapalli police limits in Peddapalli district.

According to Sultanabad Circle Inspector A Ramulu, a speeding bus of the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation tipped over at a road corner on the outskirts of Sultanpur.

"Fifty-four passengers were travelling in the bus that was going from Karimnagar to Kachapur village," he said.

Twenty-eight passengers, including 20 women, sustained injuries in the mishap, he said.

The injured were shifted to Karimnagar headquarters hospital, where their condition is reported to be stable, Ramulu said.
 

A case has been registered against the bus driver, he added.