2013 Mahabubnagar bus accident

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| date = 30 October 2013

| time = 5.30 AM

| location = NH 7, Mahabubnagar District, Telangana

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| deaths = 45{{cite news|agency=Express News Service|location=HYDERABAD|url=http://newindianexpress.com/states/andhra_pradesh/45-charred-in-Bangalore-Hyderabad-bus-fire/2013/10/31/article1865561.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031075841/http://newindianexpress.com/states/andhra_pradesh/45-charred-in-Bangalore-Hyderabad-bus-fire/2013/10/31/article1865561.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=31 October 2013|title=45 charred in Bangalore-Hyderabad bus fire|publisher=The New Indian Express|date=2013-10-31|accessdate=2013-10-31}}

| injuries = 7

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The 2013 Mahabubnagar bus accident occurred on 30 October when a private Volvo bus on the way from Bangalore to Hyderabad caught fire after hitting a culvert while overtaking a car, killing 45 people and injuring another seven.{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/ap-44-dead-after-a-volvo-bus-catches-fire-in-mahabubnagar/431289-62-127.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031222906/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/ap-44-dead-after-a-volvo-bus-catches-fire-in-mahabubnagar/431289-62-127.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=31 October 2013|title=Bus accident in India killed 44 people|publisher=CNN IBN|date=30 October 2013|accessdate=30 October 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/south/44-killed-in-fire-on-bus-travelling-from-bangalore-to-hyderabad-439124|title=At least 44 people die in bus crash|publisher=NDTV|date=30 October 2013|accessdate=30 October 2013}} The accident took place at Palem village, Mahbubnagar district, then in Indian state of Andhra Pradesh (but after 2 June 2014 in Telangana) at 5.30 AM.{{cite web|title=40 feared killed as bus hits oil tanker, catches fire in Andhra Pradesh|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-10-30/india/43526469_1_volvo-bus-catches-fire-dead-bodies|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101212917/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-10-30/india/43526469_1_volvo-bus-catches-fire-dead-bodies|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 November 2013|work=The Times of India|accessdate=30 October 2013}}{{cite news|title=Andhra Pradesh bus tragedy: Bus hits oil tanker in Mahabubnagar, 40 charred to death|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/south/story/andhra-pradesh-bus-catches-fire-many-dead-hits-oil-tanker-mahabubnagar-215917-2013-10-30|date=30 October 2013|work=India Today|accessdate=23 August 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-24739253|title=42 die in India bus accident|publisher=BBC News|date=30 October 2013|accessdate=30 October 2013}}