TIRUPATI: At least six passengers were injured when a Tamil Nadu state bus rammed a lorry near Merlapaka village in Yerpedu mandal of Chittoor district on Wednesday.
According to police, the accident occurred when a TNSTC bus from Tirupati city on its way to Chennai collided with a lorry which was coming in the opposite direction. Eyewitnesses told police that the driver appeared to have lost control of the bus while trying to save a two-wheeler which came in the opposite direction. When the driver tried to avoid hitting the two-wheeler, the bus swerved right and hit the lorry coming in the opposite direction.