Five persons were killed when the luxury sleeper bus in which they were travelling caught fire after a speeding truck crashed into it on National Highway 48 in Karnataka’s Chitradurga district early on Thursday. The accident happened when the container truck jumped a road divider and collided with the bus, Gowda told reporters. “According to the investigation so far, it (the truck) hit the diesel tank (of the bus), leading to diesel leak and fire,” Gowda said. I don’t remember what happened after the truck hit the bus,” Rafiq, the bus driver who is undergoing treatment, told reporters. “The bus carrying schoolchildren hit the bus (involved in the accident) from behind, turned to the other side and veered off the road.

Source: The Telegraph December 26, 2025 00:38 UTC