1 dead, 6 hurt in bus-tipper collision

Hyderabad: A person died and six others were injured after a sand-laden tipper collided with an RTC bus at Kannepally village under Dandepally mandal of Mancherial district on Sunday evening.
The deceased was identified as Ravi (35), the tipper driver, while the injured were identified as bus driver Tirupati and bus passengers Yashoda, Triveni, Shashi Kumar and Upender.However, one of the injured persons could not be identified.
According to police, the tipper was going from Chennur in Mancherial district to Kamareddy town, while the RTC bus, with 17 persons on board, was moving in the opposite direction--from Hyderabad to Utnoor in Adilabad district.
“The tipper driver fell asleep while driving and the vehicle slightly turned right and rammed into the bus coming from the opposite direction, following which both vehicles turned turtle” Dandepally SI Srikanth said.
The tipper driver remained stuck in the mangled vehicle for a while and was pulled out by the police. “He succumbed to injuries while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Mancherial. The bus driver and the passengers are out of danger,” the SI said.A case was registered.