Bike skid killed rider moments before bus ran over it, hence two separate accidents in quick succession: Police
KURNOOL (Andhra Pradesh), Oct 25: The DNA profiling of victims of Andhra Pradesh bus fire accident will take 48 hours and is expected to be completed by October 27, said an official on Saturday.
As many as 19 passengers travelling in the private bus and a motor bike rider were charred to death in the wee hours of Friday after it collided with a two-wheeler at Chinnatekuru village of Kurnool district.
There were 44 passengers in the bus and several managed to escape the fire.
Kurnool district collector A Siri said samples from 19 bodies were collected and sent to the Forensic Sciences Laboratory in Vijayawada.
“I am informed that it (DNA profiling) will take 48 hours. We are also arranging ambulances and vehicles that day so that as and when the results come we will transport those bodies to their respective places,” Siri told PTI.
Out of the 19 bodies, one could not be identified as no one claimed it, she said, while the DNA profiling will exactly match the bodies to its family members.
Relatives of 16 bodies have given their samples for the DNA profiling while two more are reaching Vijayawada today for this purpose, she said.
According to Siri, bodies were completely charred beyond recognition and without doing DNA profiling their identity cannot be established correctly.
BIKE AND BUS SEPERATE MISHAPS
The police on Saturday said the two-wheeler involved in the bus accident in Kurnool district had earlier met with an accident, leading to the instantaneous death of its rider.
Kurnool district Superintendent of Police Vikrant Patil said Siva Shankar died on the spot after his two-wheeler skidded on the road and he hit the divider, moments before the bus ran over the vehicle.
However, the pillion rider, Erri Swamy, survived with minor injuries, Patil added.
“While approaching Chinna Tekuru village, the two-wheeler skidded, and Siva Shankar fell to his right, hitting the divider. He died on the spot, but pillion rider Erri Swamy survived with minor injuries,” Patil said in a press release.
Police said questioning Swamy helped establish that there were two separate accidents in quick succession-first involving the two-wheeler, and then the sleeper bus running over it.
Nineteen passengers travelling in the private bus had died in the early hours of Friday after the bus ran over a two-wheeler and caught fire.
According to police, Shankar and Swamy had left Lakshmipuram village around 2 am on Friday to drop Swamy at Tuggali village.
En route, they stopped at the HP petrol bunk near the Kia car showroom to refuel, spending Rs 300 at 2.24 am.
A video of the halt later went viral.
Shortly after resuming their journey, the two-wheeler skidded, causing Shankar to fall and hit the divider. Wet and muddy roads due to heavy rainfall in the region contributed to the accident, police said. (PTI)
