8 killed in Andhra bus accident

Amaravati, February 12

At least eight persons, including women and children, were killed when a tourist bus fell into a valley near Damuku in Andhra Pradesh’s Visakhapatnam district on Friday, the police said.

“The bus was travelling from Araku to Visakhapatnam city. It was a tourist bus and it fell into the valley near Damuku within the Ananthagiri police station limits,” Visakhapatnam Rural Superintendent of Police B Krishna Rao said.

While he put the number of deaths at four, including two women and a child, a state government statement later updated the toll to eight.

“Remaining persons are being rescued. The police have reached the spot and are shifting them to hospital,” he said. IANS