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8 die, 18 hurt after bus plunges into canal in southern India

Xinhua, August 22, 2016 Adjust font size:

At least eight people were killed and more than 18 others injured after their bus plunged into an irrigation canal in the southern Indian state of Telangana Monday, a senior police official said.

"The mishap took place near Nayakangudem village on the Khammam-Hyderabad highway when the private bus carrying some 30 passengers was going to Kakinada in the neighboring state of Andhra Pradesh from state capital Hyderabad," he said on condition of anonymity.

While eight people died on the spot, those injured have been admitted to nearby hospitals where the condition of some are said to be serious, the official said.

Local TV channels reported, quoting eye-witnesses, that the driver lost control of the speeding bus and hit the parapet wall of the bridge across the Nagarjunasagar Project before falling straight into the irrigation channel.

The bodies were retrieved from the water by local fishermen, while the bus has been pulled out by large police cranes, the reports said.

A probe has been ordered into the incident, the official added.

India has one of the highest road accident rates in the world, with over 130,000 deaths every year. Endit