A devastating tragedy happened on the Hyderabad-Bijapur Highway on Monday morning, claiming 19 lives and shattering multiple families. Among the victims was Yellaiah Goud, a driver who lost his three daughters, Tanusha, Sai Priya, and Nandini, all college students in Hyderabad. The girls had returned home to attend a wedding in Tandur after recently celebrating their elder sister Anusha’s marriage.
“I asked them not to come,” Goud said through tears. “Someone warned the bus wasn’t in good condition. Still, I sent them. I’ve lost not one, but three daughters.”
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The head-on collision with a gravel-laden truck near Chevella crushed vehicles and lives alike, leaving the community in grief.
Among other victims was 33-year-old Saliha Begum, travelling with her three-month-old son to Hyderabad. When rescuers reached her, she was still holding her baby in her final embrace — a haunting image of love and loss. Another man, N. Hanumanthu, missed his train and boarded the ill-fated bus, leaving behind his 10-year-old son, Vivek, now inconsolable.
The Chevella tragedy is a chilling reminder that behind every statistic lies a human story — of dreams cut short and families left in eternal mourning.
