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Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Neeta travels' Mercedes triaxle bus accident between Hyderabad and Mumbai

A Mercedes Benz multi-axle / tri-axle luxury bus, run by Neeta Tours, heading to Mumbai from Hyderabad on 1st May 2011 had met with a tragic accident in which five passengers were killed on the spot and 14 others were injured. This happened when the Mercedes bus fell into a gorge near the Naldurg taluka of Osmanabad district. It was reported that the bus driver lost control on the wheel which resulted in the fall of vehicle into the gorge killing five passengers on the spot and injuring more than 14 others.
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The deceased were identified as S Prasad, Shriniwas Bhadrakota, Shivkumar Padgir, Deepika Pawankur and Taufik. The age group of victims could not be ascertained as yet, police said. Our condolences to the families of those who passed away.

Here is a video of the same bus by "bokanglock" on youtube.com. Look how Neeta Tours and Travels has rubbed off their brand name from the bus body! Thanks for the pictures to Bokanglock also!



In the past, high speed buses like Volvo and Mercedes have been involved in accidents like these. Click HERE to see all

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Found this also ,but on the Mumbai-Goa highway !!!

http://neetamercedesaccident.blogspot.com/

Satya said...

The external structure of the bus looks intact .Then how did so many casualties happen!!

Maybe seat belts would have saved lives