Six killed in bus-lorry collision

Six persons, including four women, were killed and nine others got injured when a private bus in which they were travelling rammed into a stationary lorry in Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh in the early hours today, police said.
The incident occurred at around 4.40 AM near Gobbur village when the speeding Kadapa-bound bus from Hyderabad hit the lorry from the rear side resulting in the death of six passengers, they said.
Markapuram Municipal Commissioner Ravindra Reddy is among the deceased, a senior police officer said from Prakasam.
Police have registered a case in this regard, he said, adding the injured were admitted to a nearby hospital.