KARNATAKA: In a major tragedy on Christmas Day, at least nine persons are feared to have been burned alive and 21 others injured after a sleeper coach bus caught fire following a collision with a truck in Chitradurga district of Karnataka in the early hours of Thursday.
According to the police, the incident occurred around 2 a.m. at Gorlattu Cross on National Highway 48 when a truck coming from the opposite direction jumped the divider and rammed into the bus after the driver lost control.
Preliminary investigations revealed that nine passengers travelling in the bus are feared dead.