Hyderabad: The Telangana government has ordered an investigation into the road accident that killed 20 people and injured many others in Rangareddy district on Monday.

Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar, who rushed to Chevella, told media persons at the government hospital that a probe has been ordered into the collision between an RTC bus and a tipper lorry.

He said the immediate priority of the government is to ensure the best possible treatment for the injured and extend all help to the families of the deceased.

The transport minister said there were 72 people aboard the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC) bus, which was coming to Hyderabad from Tandur.

A gravel-laden tipper truck rammed into the bus on the Hyderabad-Bijapur highway near Mirzaguda in Chevella manda

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