The bus, carrying 42 people, was en route to Tirupati on Sunday night when the mishap took place, they said.
“It was a straight road with no engineering defect. As per the preliminary investigation, the driver was overspeeding and lost control of the bus leading to the accident,” Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) B Prasad told PTI on Monday, indicating the accident was due to driver’s negligence.
All the passengers sustained injuries when an overspeeding APSRTC bus hit a culvert near Agarala Narayana College, the DSP said.
A case was registered and the investigation is on. PTI MS GDK ROH