Mohammed Rafeek, 38, a native of Hulagur village, was driving the sleeper bus, which was hit by a container truck in Chitradurga district; Five passengers and the driver of the truck died at the spot ....
The impact caused the bus to catch fire within moments, something that has been witnessed in several recent incidents involving a sleeper bus ... 6 dead as sleeper bus collides with truck.
Flames and smoke billow out after a bus caught fire following a collision with a speeding truck, in Chitradurga, early Thursday ... “I was sleeping in the bus at night ... Sleeper bus accident survivors recall a night of fire and fear on the highway.
Four bodies were recovered from the bus, which caught fire after being hit by a container truck in Karnataka's Chitradurga district on Thursday ... She was travelling in the rear berth of the bus ... Later, the bus exploded.
In a huge tragedy on Christmas Day, at least nine people were burned alive and 21 others were injured when a sleeper coach bus caught fire after colliding with a truck in Karnataka's Chitradurga district early Thursday.
At least nine people were killed and 21 injured after a sleeper bus caught fire following a collision with a cargo truck in southern India, police said.
At least 17 people are feared killed in a road accident on National Highway 48 at Gorlathu Cross in Hiriyur taluk of Chitradurga district, after a private sleeper coach bus caught fire following a collision with a lorry, the police said on Thursday.