Bus on fire leaves 44 dead in Andhra Pradesh

Total 44 people lost their lives in a deadly accident happened in the early hours of October 30, 2013 to an air-conditioned luxury bus travelling from Bangalore to Hyderabad. A collision of the bus with a culvert ignited the fuel tank of the vehicle and seemed to have caused a blaze. The fire started when part of a faulty axle dropped on to the road and ruptured the bus's fuel tank. The incident happened at Kothakota in Mahbubnagar district, 140km from Hyderabad. The bus carried 50 passengers, most of them were sleeping when the incident took place and only seven, including the driver and his assistant, broke the windows of the bus and managed to flee. The automatic locking system and absence of glass breaking hammers and emergency door made it difficult for the passengers to break through the burning bus. The incident has brought forth the over speeding and maintenance negligence of the private bussing agencies in the state.

What: Bus on fire leaves 42 dead When: October 30, 2013 Where: Near Kothakota in Mahbubnagar district of Andhra Pradesh Why: Over speeding and Maintenance negligence