Tirupati (AP), March 28: Eight people including a journalist were killed and 44 injured were injured in a road mishap in Andhra Pradesh in India. The accident occurred when an over-speeding private bus lost control while negotiating a curve on a ghat road and fell into a valley at Bhakarapet in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh, police said. The victims, all relatives, belonged to Anantapuramu district and were on their way to Tirupati from Dharmavaram to attend a wedding engagement ceremony scheduled, police added.
Over-speeding resulted in the accident, a senior police official said.
A journalist working in a vernacular newspaper was among those killed in the accident.