52 Pilgrims Dead As Bus Falls Into Gorge In Telangana, Rescue Operations Called Off hindustantimes.com

Fifty-two people were killed and several were injured after a state-owned Road Transport Corporation bus carrying pilgrims from a temple in the hills of Telangana’s Jagtiyal district plunged off a road this morning, officials said.

The bus with at least 60 people on board was returning from the popular Anjaneya Swamy temple in Kondagattu to Jagtial when the accident occurred near Shanivarapet village. Police suspect failure of brakes on the crowded road leading to the temple led to the accident. The driver, who also died in the accident, reportedly lost control as he tried to avoid another bus on the route.