ANDHRA PRADESH: 1 person was killed and 3 others were injured when a bus carrying Ayyappa devotees collided with a road median and turned turtle, along the Dindigul-Karur road in the wee hours, on Tuesday, December 3
The deceased was  identified as M. Chiramulu Nayak, 55 of Kathimanda in Andhra Pradesh.

Preliminary investigations showed that the twenty passengers, including a girl child, started their journey on December 31 from Andhra Pradesh to the Sabarimala Ayyappa temple in Kerala. 

While travelling back to Andhra after the worship, the driver Prashanth, lost control of the bus and hit a median on the Dindigul-Karur Road near Viduthalaipatti village, which falls under the Koombur police station area in Dindigul district. Consequently, the bus overturned along the highway, at 2.10 am.

B Ragu Nayak, aged 30, of Sri Sathyasai in Andhra Pradesh district sustained injuries on his right leg, the vehicle owner U. Badra Baskar Reddy, aged 49 of Anantapur district sustained injuries on both his legs while M. Amarnath Nayak, aged 30, also of Sri Sathyasai district sustained minor injuries.

The body of the dead was shifted to the Government Hospital in Vedasandur while  Badra and  Amarnath were taken to the Government Medical College Hospital in Dindigul and were later referred to the Government Rajaji Hospital in Madurai. The driver is currently absconding, police said. Koombur police have lodged a case and further investigations are going on.

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