Chinturu (Andhra Pradesh), Dec 12 (PTI) Nine people were killed and 23 others injured after a bus fell off a ghat road and overturned in Alluri Sitaramaraju district early on Friday, police said.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu expressed anguish over the accident.

The bus, bound for neighbouring Telangana, was carrying 37 people, including the driver and the cleaner. Six of them are safe.

Superintendent of Police (SP) Amit Bardar said the accident occurred around 4.30 am on Chintoor-Maredumilli ghat road near a Durga temple.

"At least nine people were killed, and 23 were injured as the bus fell off the ghat road. It turned turtle... and got stuck," Bardar told PTI, adding that four of the injured are critical.

According to the official, heavy fog may have prevented t

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