Markapuram Bus Fire: Families Await Identification

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Rayavaram (Andhra Pradesh), March 27 The bodies of the victims in the Andhra Pradesh bus fire accident will be handed over to their families after DNA profiling, with samples from 14 bodies sent to the Forensic Science Laboratory and reports awaited, a senior police official said on Friday.

As many as 14 people were killed and several others injured after a private travel bus collided with a tipper lorry and burst into flames in Markapuram district on Thursday morning.

"We are expecting the (DNA) reports by this afternoon, and once we receive them, we will be able to identify the bodies and hand them over to the families accordingly," Markapuram district in-charge superintendent of police V Harshavardhan Raju told
 
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