Written by Nikhila HenryHyderabad | November 5, 2025 10:26 AM IST 3 min readRanga Reddy: Family members of those who died in a public transport bus accident, mourn, at a hospital in Chevella, Ranga Reddy district, Telangana, Monday, Nov. 3, 2025. At least 19 people were killed and four others suffered injuries in the accident. (PTI Photo)The driver of the truck, which collided with a Road Transport Corporation bus at Chevella near Hyderabad killing 19 people, was not driving under the influence of alcohol, forensic report of viscera samples has revealed.The accident left 19 people dead, including the drivers of both the bus and the truck. At the time of the collision, a total of 72 people were believed to be inside the bus.According to Rajendranagar DCP Yogesh Goutam the report came in late Tuesday evening. “There was no alcohol in his blood stream when the accident took place,” Goutam confirmed to the Indian Express.This finding has left the police with two probably causes for the accident: “Either the driver was sleeping or he was trying to avoid a pothole and came into the bus’s lane,” Goutam said. The theory that the driver was sleeping came from the statements of passengers and bus conductor Radha, who said that the truck kept coming even as the bus driver tried to avoid the collision.The Indian Express had reported earlier that based on the skid marks and brake marks on the road, the Road Transport Corporation authorities had concluded that the bus driver had applied brakes to avoid the collision. “When it came to the truck driver, there was no attempt made to avoid the collision, which makes us think that his senses were numbed and that he was sleeping. He could have also wantonly entered the lane to avoid a pothole on the road,” Goutam explained.Whatever be the reason, “the truck driver was in the wrong lane and the responsibility of the accident solely rests with him,” said Goutam said. The RTC had concluded that their driver Dastagir was not to blame for the accident.This would mean that the truck’s insurance will have to payout the accident victims. The state government had already announced an ex-gratia of Rs 7 lakh per victim of the accident.Story continues below this ad“The high number of fatalities in the case happened because the gravel from the truck fell on passengers insider the bus,” Goutam said. According to police sources the truck which could have carried about 30 tonnes of gravel was packed with at least 40 tonnes of gravel when the accident took place.Stay updated with the latest - Click here to follow us on Instagram© The Indian Express Pvt LtdTags:Hyderabad