Araku bus accident kills 4 injuring 23 tourists from Hyderabad

Araku bus accident involving tourists from Shaikpet, Hyderabad kills 4, leaving 23 injured. A family outing took a saddening turn when the bus traveling back from Araku to Visakhapatnam toppled into a valley over 100-feet deep.

The incident took place on Friday, while the family was heading back to Visakhapatnam after visiting Borra Caves at 5:30 in the evening. Suspecting brake failure, officials said that it is likely that the driver wasn’t familiar with the hairpin turns of the ghats of Ananthagiri Hills, making it difficult for him to maneuver through the twists and turns in the dark.

The extended family of around 27 members hails from Shaikpet, Hyderabad. They hired the tour bus from a travel agency called Dinesh Travels also based in Shaikpet. Reportedly, they arrived at Visakhapatnam on February 10, scheduled to return back to Hyderabad on February 14.

While 4 members of the family faced a fatal end, including K. Saritha, N. Latha, both aged 30, K. Satyanarayana, aged 50 and Nitya, an 8-month-old infant. The injured were taken to S.Kota District Hospital in Vizianagaram for immediate medical treatment. For further better treatment, seriously injured victims were taken to King George Hospital

here in Visakhapatnam. Here is the detailed information on the victims and their medical status.

S No	Location	Reg No	Name	Age/Sex	Diagnosis
1	Anantagiri	AP 39 TL 8533	P Mounika	27/F	Lasirationa on Face
2	Anantagiri	AP 39 TL 8533	P Aravind	35/M	Head Injury
3	Anantagiri	AP 39 TL 8533	Chandrakala	55/F	Head Injury
4	Anantagiri	AP 39 TL 8533	P Swapna	32/F	Lasirationa on Face and suspected spine injury
5	Anantagiri	AP 39 TL 8533	P Abhiram	7/M	Suspected fracture on LT hand
6	Anantagiri	AP 39 TL 8533	P Sowmya	6/F	Multiple abrasions
7	Araku	AP39TL8812	K Latha	45/F	Head Injury and Multiple abrasions
8	Araku	AP39TL8812	U Krishnaveni	52/F	Head Injury and Multiple abrasions
9	Jami	AP39TL8519	K Kalyani	30/F	Upper lip Laceration, Swelling at forehead, Back pain compliant, All over body pains complaint, giddiness.
10	Jami	AP39TL8519	K Aravindakumar	35/M	Laceration at Lt Periatal reagion, Head Injury, Body pains, Special complaint of Chest pain
11	L Kota	AP39TL8517	L Nandakishor	38/M	Rt Hand little finger lacearation, Rt let Ankle joint fracture, Lt elbow reagion and spinal also complaining pain,
12	L Kota	AP39TL8517	K Anusha	39/F	Head injury ( Lt Temporal reagion laceration, Rt Hand Wrist joint fractured, Verbal response, Giddiness
13	L Kota	AP39TL8517	K Hithish	17/M	Rt Sholder #, Rt Knee Jt Pain Complaint, Multiple abrasions
14	L Kota	AP39TL8517	K Vihan	2/M	Head injury, Temporal reagion , Nose bleeding, Multiple abrasions,
15	L Kota	AP39TL8517	K Devansh	5/M	Multiple abrations,
16	L Kota	AP39TL8517	K Naresh	28/M	Occipital reagion Head injury, Rt Leg Tibia and Fibula #, Multiple Abrasions, Suspected Spinal Injury
17	L Kota	AP39TL8517	N Latha	35/F	Multiple amputations.
18	Gantyada	AP16TJ1649	K Jyothi	55/F	Rt Leg femur Closed #, Fontal reagion small laceration and Multiple abrasions
19	Gantyada	AP16TJ1649	K Sailaja	40/F	Rt Leg femur Open # , Fontal reagion Deep laceration and Multiple abrasions
20	Kothavalasa	AP16TJ0472	K Srididh	14/M	Multiple Injuries
21	S Kota	AP39TL8523	K Meena	38/F	Rt Femour closed #, Multiple Injuries
22	S Kota	AP39TL8523	Chadrakala	52/F	Head injury-Unconsiousness, Multiple Injuries
23	Bondapalli	AP16TH8523	Srisilam	35/M	First aid done

Among the first response team were Police officials, 108 ambulance services and local taxi drivers who transported the victims to the above-mentioned medical facilities.

Extending condolences, the Prime Minister’s office put up a tweet addressing the incident.

The team at Yo! Vizag, express our deepest sympathies to the victims and their families.

UPDATE: State Minister of Health and Mr. Vinay Chand, District Collector visit the victims at King George Hospital. According to reports, 5 among the injured are in need of special treatment out of which 3 had to undergo surgery. Rest 18 victims are recovering from minor injuries. State officials take the responsibility of providing special rooms, nutritious food and other amenities for the speedy recovery of the affected family.

This post was last modified on 13/02/2021 6:00 pm