The Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC) has found after a preliminary inquiry that the driver of the bus that collided head-on with a truck near Chevella on Monday morning had taken drastic action to swerve away from the truck in the moments before impact.

The accident left 19 people dead, including the drivers of both the bus and the truck. At the time of the collision, a total of 72 people were believed to be inside the bus.

The TGSRTC said the bus driver, identified as Dastagiri, tried his best to avoid a collision. “Based on break marks and skid marks on the site, we have concluded that the bus driver tried to swerve the bus to the extreme left to prevent collision with the truck,” K Sreelatha, Regional Manager, TGSRTC, told The Indian Express . She said there was n

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