At least nine people were killed and several others injured after a bus belonging to a private travel agency fell into a ditch in the Alluri Sitarama Raju district in Andhra Pradesh late Thursday.

According to the police, the accident occurred on the Chintur-Maredumilli Ghat Road.

The bus, carrying about 40 pilgrims from the Chitoor district visiting various temples, was on its way to Bhadrachalam in Telangana.

Several of the injured have been admitted to hospitals in Bhadrachalam.

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