10 college students and a forest guard were killed and 30 others injured when a state-run bus in which they were travelling fell into a gorge in Andhra Pradesh’s Anantapur district today. The incident occurred at around 8:30 AM near Penukonda town in the district where a road was under repair. The state government has ordered an inquiry.
Over 40 persons were travelling in the Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) bus which was going to Penukonda from Madakasira in the district, Anantapur District Superintendent of Police Rajsekhar Babu said. “The deceased include nine boys and a girl student besides a forest guard,” Babu, told PTI
