At least 30 people were killed and 20 others injured early Saturday when a private bus carryingpilgrims to Shirdi fell off a river bridge on the outskirts of Osmanabad town, around 450 km from Mumbai, police said.
The ill-fated bus, owned by Kaveshwari Travels, was on a journey from Hyderabad to the famous pilgrim centre of Shirdi in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra when the tragedy occurred around 2.30 a.m., Osmanabad Police said.
A majority of the injured are in serious condition and the casualty figure is expected to go up. The injured have been rushed to hospitals in Osmanabad, Latur, Solapur and other neighbouring towns, and efforts are on to identify the dead.
Bus no: KA 01 0245 (Driver name: Seshu)BUS Route : Hyderabad to Shirdi
Place of accident : sholapur
Travel Agency : kaleshwari travels
Address: Kukatpally -Hyderabad
Total number of deaths: 34 (including 14 TCS Employees and 4 Childran
Total passengers in the Bus: 43
Time and date of accident: June 16, 03:00 am
helpline numbers: 02472-222700,222900, 02172-744646
TV9 helpline number: 09730990997 (Rohith patel)
Names of the Dead list: (all belong to andhra pradesh)
1. Moahan rao
2.Deepika
3.Jayavardhan
4.Venkatesh
5.Aadhamma
6.Laxmi
7.Radhika
8.kistayya
9.Uma maheshwari
10.Sahithi
11.Sai sushma
12.Tejawath
13.Uma
14.Dimple
15.Divya
16.Saraswathi
17.Suvarnitha
18.Teja
19.Poojitha
20.Mahesh
21.Sampath
22.sekhar
23.Usha Keerthi
24.Kiran
25.Pradeep
26.Naresh
27.Radhika(child)
28.paul joseph
29.sumeeth
30.ashok
31 poojitha
32. Mohan rao
33.savithri
34.krishnayya
Residents Dead:
Nizampert residents:Moahan rao,Deepika, savithri,krishnayya, Venkatesh, Aadhamma,Radhika
Kondapur residents:gautam ragath, sunil
Red Hills residents:Sushil kumar, saroja