The motorist, whose bike collided with the ill-fated private bus at Chinna Tekur in Kurnool leaving 19 passengers charred to death, was drunk, police confirmed on Sunday (October 26, 2025).

“The Regional Forensic Science Laboratory (RFSL) at Kurnool had submitted its report confirming that the bike rider, B. Shiva Shankar, was drunk,” Superintendent of Police Vikrant Patil said. The SP said that the viscera samples have traces of alcohol as per the RFSL report.

The private sleeper bus from Hyderabad to Bengaluru went up in flames after hitting a bike that was lying on the road in the early hours of Friday (October 24, 2025). The bike was driven by B. Shiva Shankar of Kurnool. His bike skidded off the road and hit the road divider, throwing him off the vehicle, which resulted in his dea

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