motorcyclist was killed and 20 passengers injured when a private travels bus overturned after hitting a two-wheeler at Khandavalli village in Peravali Mandal of West Godavari district on Wednesday.
Police said that a private travels bus was enroute to Visakhapatnam from Hyderabad.
The accident occurred when the bus hit a two-wheeler, killing the rider instantaneously, later dashed against an electric pole and overturned.
The motorcyclist, identified as a farmer belonged to Khandavalli village.
The nearby villagers helped the bus passengers to come out from the ill-fated bus.
Following the accident, vehicles got stranded up to 6 km on either side of the road on the busy Chennai-Kolkata highway.
Police regulated the traffic after removing the bus with cranes
