Six persons died on the spot after an APSRTC bus ploughed into them at Marikavalasa on the outskirts of the city on Monday. Three others who sustained injuries in the mishap died while undergoing treatment.
An APSRTC regular route bus coming from Vizianagaram into the city swerved to avoid hitting an SUV entering the National Highway from the wrong side at around 11.45 a.m. near Marikavalasa Bus Stop and rammed into an auto waiting to pick up passengers.
The bus after hitting the auto dragged it for 20 metres and pushed it into a roadside ditch. All the persons in the auto died on the spot and another person who was eating at a roadside stall was also killed. Three of the injured who were shifted to the King George Hospital succumbed while undergoing treatment.
The victims are yet to be identified and the bodies have been shifted to the KGH Mortuary.
