The bus accident on the Bangalore-Hyderabad highway, burning 45 people to death, has cast its long and dark shadow on many towns and villages across Andhra Pradesh as families of the victims were in deep shock and mourning at many places. Many a dreams and hopes and promising careers turned in to ashes along with the private Volvo bus.
Several software engineers coming home to celebrate Diwali festival were among the victims.
Vedakumar of Devunapally village of Nizamabad district was happy as he was going for twin celebrations; festival as well as first wedding anniversary. His family was shattered to hear the news that the bus in which he was travelling met with an accident. As the gravity of the accident dawned on the family through the TV channels and all the attempts to contact him over mobile failed, some of the family members left for the spot.
Same was the story of a couple Sundar Raju and Vijay Mary, who died on the day of wedding anniversary. The couple, which originally belonged to Tallur in Firangi mandal in Guntur district was coming to Hyderabad for annual medical checkup only to meet an untimely death. The couple was residing in Bengalore for the last four years. The couple is survived by a daughter.
It was second such tragedy for the family. Back in 1989 Vijay Mary’s parents too died in a road accident. A pall of gloom descended on another village Sancherla in Pegdapally mandal of Karimnagar district as a local software engineer Amrinder also died in the accident. Amrinder, who was working in a software company in Bengalore was travelling by a private travel agency bus for the first time as he could not get a ticket on RTC bus.
The family came to know of his death when it called his mobile number to find it was switched off. later the family rushed to the scene of the accident.