ANANTAPUR: Seven daily-wage agricultural workers lost their lives, and five others were injured when a speeding RTC bus collided with the auto they were travelling in at Thalagasipalli Cross Road in Anantapur district.

The accident occurred when an auto-rickshaw, returning from Garladinne to Anantapur, collided head-on with an RTC bus coming from the opposite direction.

According to police, 13 persons were travelling in the auto, along with the driver, when the bus coming from Dharmavaram and heading towards Hyderabad hit it

A tragic RTC bus accident in Andhra Pradesh's Anantapur district claims 7 lives and leaves 4 injured. Families affected.

As per the police, the other two died while being transported to the hospital, while the other three succumbed to their injuries during their treatment in the hospital.

As many as seven people have died while four others were critically injured after an RTC bus collided with an auto carrying agricultural labourers near Thalagaspalle in Garldinne Mandal of Andhra Pradesh's Anantapur district,

The accident took place near the Talagasipalli cross in Garladinne mandal while the daily-wage workers were returning from work at a banana plantation near Thimmampeta.