Overview
- A tourist bus carrying pilgrims from Andhra Pradesh was struck head on by an oncoming vehicle near Aurangabad in Bihar, causing multiple deaths and injuries.
- Authorities say four people have died — three at the scene and a fourth who later died in hospital — and about 15 passengers were injured from the roughly 43 people on board.
- Andhra Pradesh officials, led by the state Endowments Ministry and staff at A.P. Bhavan, arranged air transfers of three bodies via IndiGo to Chennai and handed them to families in Nellore district.
- The injured were treated at hospitals near the accident site and one group of remaining travellers was moved by a 60‑seater sleeper bus that reached Bhubaneswar en route to Nellore.
- Local and state administrations have pledged support to bereaved families, are monitoring medical care and repatriation logistics, and continue work with Bihar authorities on transport and formalities.