Hyderabad:
Two engineering students were killed and 15 people injured when a bus they were travelling in fell into a deep gorge while negotiating a bend in Mahabubnagar district of Andhra Pradesh on Saturday, police said.
The incident occurred at around 7.20 am when the bus carrying the engineering students from a private college in Warangal district was on a tour of Srisailam Dam and other locations in Mahabubnagar and Kurnool district, they said.
The bus-driver lost control over the wheel when he was negotiating a bend near Egalpenta and hit an electric pole before falling into the deep gorge of about 30 meters, a police officer told PTI over phone.
The deceased were identified as K Shilpa and Prithaviraj, (both aged around 20). The duo were killed on the spot while condition of two other students was serious, he said.
All the 15 injured, including driver, were shifted to a hospital in Hyderabad, the police officer said.
"It seems the bus driver lost control of the vehicle as he was driving speedily," the police officer said.