The driver of a private travels bus was sent to seven days imprisonment for driving the bus in a drunk condition resulting in accident.

According to Panyam police, the Morning Star Travels sleeper coach bound to Tirupati from Hyderabad started at 10 p.m. on April 8. The bus carrying 32 passengers stopped near a tea stall near Kocheruvu near the Tammarajupalli Ghat in Panyam mandal on the National Highway-40 around 5.30 a.m. After having tea and refreshments, Narsaiah, who drove the bus from Hyderabad to Panyam, handed over the vehicle to the second driver Guttipati Gopi.