The inhuman approach of the driver, as reflected in his attempt to flee even after hitting a biker, proved costly for the passengers. It would have remained just another hit-and-run accident, with the body of a biker or a pedestrian lying on the road, but the bike went underneath, got stuck near the fuel tank, and caught fire due to friction

xEvery life lost in road mishaps involving private travel buses is a crime perpetrated by greedy owners, reckless drivers hired by them, and an equally complicit officialdom. The burning of the Vemuri Kaveri Travels bus to ashes near Kurnool city in Andhra Pradesh in the early hours of Friday, resulting in the loss of more than 20 innocent lives, is no exception.

The inhuman approach of the driver, as reflected in his attempt to flee even after hitti

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