A luxury sleeper autobus caught fire, sidesplitting 11 radical aft a collision with a motortruck successful Karnataka’s Hiriyur connected Thursday.
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More than 11 radical were feared dormant when a instrumentality motortruck deed a luxury sleeper bus connected National Highway 48, adjacent Hiriyur successful Karnataka’s Chitradurga territory aboriginal greeting connected Thursday (December 25, 2025).
The autobus with 32 passengers which was connected its mode to Gokarna was engulfted successful flames nether the interaction of the collision and astir of the deceased were burnt live wrong the vehicle, East Zone Inspector General of Police Ravikanthe Gowda said.
The autobus operator and cleaner escaped. The operator of the motortruck and its cleaner are among the dead.
Initial reports constituent to over-speeding arsenic the superior origin of the crash, Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy told The Hindu.
Bus-truck collision kills astatine slightest 11 successful Karnataka's Chitradurga
December 25, 2025 09:02
11 killed aft motortruck collides with sleeper autobus successful Karnataka, respective injured
More than 11 radical were feared dormant erstwhile a instrumentality motortruck deed a luxury sleeper autobus connected National Highway 48, adjacent Hiriyur successful Karnataka’s Chitradurga territory aboriginal greeting connected Thursday (December 25, 2025).
The backstage autobus was heading to Gokarna from Bengaluru via Shivamogga, erstwhile it was engulfed successful flames aft the motortruck collided with it from behind. A fewer passengers escaped by jumping retired of the burning vehicle.
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11 killed aft motortruck collides with sleeper autobus successful Karnataka, respective injured
A tragic collision betwixt a motortruck and a autobus successful Karnataka leaves implicit 11 feared dormant and galore injured.
Published - December 25, 2025 09:01 americium IST
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