At least 13 persons were killed after a bus collided with a truck near Rayavaram in Andhra Pradesh’s Markapuram district on Thursday, Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said.

District Collector P Raja Babu said that 25 of the 41 passengers on the bus were injured, The Hindu reported. They were admitted to a government hospital in Markapuram.

Ten of them suffered severe injuries and five were in critical condition, he added.

The accident occurred at a turn at about 6 am when the private bus collided with the tipper truck loaded with gravel coming from Kanigiri, the newspaper quoted unidentified police officers as saying.

The bus was travelling from Nirmal in Telangana to Vinjamuru in Andhra Pradesh’s Nellore district.

The collision led to a massive fire that engulfed both the vehicles, The Hindu reported.

In a statement on social media, the chief minister expressed his condolences to the families of those who had died in the accident. Naidu added that he had spoken to officials about the medical assistance being provided to the injured.

He further expressed concern over reports that the toll was likely to increase.

Naidu also ordered an investigation into the accident, The Hindu reported.

మార్కాపురం జిల్లా, రాయవరం సమీపంలో జరిగిన రోడ్డు ప్రమాదంలో 13 మంది ప్రయాణికులు సజీవ దహనమై ప్రాణాలు కోల్పోవడం తీవ్ర దిగ్భ్రాంతి కలిగించింది. తెలంగాణ రాష్ట్రంలోని జగిత్యాల నుంచి నెల్లూరు జిల్లాకు వస్తున్న హరికృష్ణ ట్రావెల్స్ బస్సు - టిప్పర్ ఢీ...

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