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| date = 30 October 2013<br />
| time = 5.30 AM<br />
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| deaths = 45<ref name="indianexp">{{cite news|agency=Express News Service|location=HYDERABAD|url=http://newindianexpress.com/states/andhra_pradesh/45-charred-in-Bangalore-Hyderabad-bus-fire/2013/10/31/article1865561.ece|title=45 charred in Bangalore-Hyderabad bus fire|publisher=The New Indian Express|date=2013-10-31|accessdate=2013-10-31}}</ref><br />
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The '''2013 Mahabubnagar bus accident''' occurred on 30 October when a private [[Volvo]] bus on the way from [[Bangalore]] to [[Hyderabad]] caught fire after hitting a [[culvert]] while overtaking a car, killing 45 people and injuring another seven.<ref name="indianexp" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/ap-44-dead-after-a-volvo-bus-catches-fire-in-mahabubnagar/431289-62-127.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031222906/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/ap-44-dead-after-a-volvo-bus-catches-fire-in-mahabubnagar/431289-62-127.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=31 October 2013|title=Bus accident in India killed 44 people|publisher=CNN IBN|date=30 October 2013|accessdate=30 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/south/44-killed-in-fire-on-bus-travelling-from-bangalore-to-hyderabad-439124|title=At least 44 people die in bus crash|publisher=NDTV|date=30 October 2013|accessdate=30 October 2013}}</ref> The accident took place at Palem village, [[Mahbubnagar district]], then in Indian state of [[Andhra Pradesh]] (but after 2 June 2014 in [[Telangana]]) at 5.30 AM.<ref>{{cite web|title=40 feared killed as bus hits oil tanker, catches fire in Andhra Pradesh|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-10-30/india/43526469_1_volvo-bus-catches-fire-dead-bodies|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101212917/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-10-30/india/43526469_1_volvo-bus-catches-fire-dead-bodies|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 November 2013|work=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=30 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Andhra Pradesh bus tragedy: Bus hits oil tanker in Mahabubnagar, 40 charred to death|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/south/story/andhra-pradesh-bus-catches-fire-many-dead-hits-oil-tanker-mahabubnagar-215917-2013-10-30|date=30 October 2013|work=India Today|accessdate=23 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-24739253|title=42 die in India bus accident|publisher=BBC News|date=30 October 2013|accessdate=30 October 2013}}</ref><br />
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==Accident==<br />
The bus, which belonged to a local tour operator Jabbar Travels left [[Bangalore]] at 11 pm on 29 October, with 49 passengers on board.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hyderabad bound Bus catches Fire at Mahabubnagar killing 40|url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2013/10/hyderabad-bound-bus-catches-fire-at-mahabubnagar-killing-40/|accessdate=30 October 2013}}</ref> The accident happened when the bus driver tried to overtake a car but hit a culvert and damaged its diesel tank in the process leading to the fire. However the bus driver, cleaner and five other passengers managed to escape the bus.<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of traffic collisions (2010–present)]]<br />
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