<p>Four persons, including a pregnant woman, were killed and 28 injured when a bus carrying them rammed into a road divider near here today, police said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The accident occured at 5.30 am when the Volvo bus, carrying 52 persons from Nellore in Andhra Pradesh, crashed into the divider at Hosakote, police said.<br />The bus was on its way to Bangalore.<br /><br />The driver lost control of the bus and rammed the divider as he tried to avoid running over a dog, police said.<br /><br />Some injured have been admitted to a hospital at Hosakote while five others, whose condition was stated to be critical, were admitted to a hospital here, police said.<br /><br />The deceased have been identified as Anusha (26), five-month pregnant woman, Manas Kumar (6), Vijay Kumar (30) and Prasad Chinnaiah (35), police said.<br /><br />Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy announced Rs one lakh compensation for the next of kin of the deceased, police said.<br /><br />In November last, 45 people perished in Andhra Pradesh's Mahabubnagar district when a Volvo bus from Bangalore to Hyderabad hit the median on the National Highway and caught fire.<br /><br />In a similar mishap the same month, seven persons were charred to death and 40 people injured as a Mumbai-bound Volvo bus from Bangalore hit a road median near Haveri in Karnataka and caught fire.</p>
<p>Four persons, including a pregnant woman, were killed and 28 injured when a bus carrying them rammed into a road divider near here today, police said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The accident occured at 5.30 am when the Volvo bus, carrying 52 persons from Nellore in Andhra Pradesh, crashed into the divider at Hosakote, police said.<br />The bus was on its way to Bangalore.<br /><br />The driver lost control of the bus and rammed the divider as he tried to avoid running over a dog, police said.<br /><br />Some injured have been admitted to a hospital at Hosakote while five others, whose condition was stated to be critical, were admitted to a hospital here, police said.<br /><br />The deceased have been identified as Anusha (26), five-month pregnant woman, Manas Kumar (6), Vijay Kumar (30) and Prasad Chinnaiah (35), police said.<br /><br />Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy announced Rs one lakh compensation for the next of kin of the deceased, police said.<br /><br />In November last, 45 people perished in Andhra Pradesh's Mahabubnagar district when a Volvo bus from Bangalore to Hyderabad hit the median on the National Highway and caught fire.<br /><br />In a similar mishap the same month, seven persons were charred to death and 40 people injured as a Mumbai-bound Volvo bus from Bangalore hit a road median near Haveri in Karnataka and caught fire.</p>