Close shave for 40 passengers after tanker hits tourist bus

Koraput: It was a close shave for 40 passengers as the tourist bus they were travelling skidded off the road after being hit by a speeding tanker near Hatapada in Kunduli of Koraput district in the wee hours on Sunday.

Sources said, all the passengers from Kunduli, who had returned after a religious expedition after a month, had already deboarded when the tanker bearing Andhra Pradesh registration number rammed into the tourist bus.