At least 25 people were killed and a number of others were hurt when a passenger bus erupted in flames in southern India after colliding with a motorcycle.
Senior police officer Vikrant Patil said dozens of passengers on board the bus, many of whom were sleeping, were caught by the fire as it drove along a highway in the Andhra Pradesh state’s Kurnool district in just a few minutes.
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According to The Associated Press news agency, some escaped through broken windows and leap safely with minor injuries, while others were burned to death before help arrived, according to Patil.
Eighteen of the bus’s burning passengers are now able to flee.
being injured treated. If there were others who managed to get away from the bus, it’s not known.
According to Patil, the motorcycle collided with the behind-the-fasting bus and ended up stuck. The bus’s fuel tank caught fire as it was dragged a short distance, ignoring the sparks. The driver stopped the bus and attempted to extinguish the fire with a fire extinguisher, but the fire was so powerful that he couldn’t control it, Patil continued.
He claimed that the bus had been dumped, and that the unidentified biker had also passed away.
The incident was being investigated by a team of forensic experts.
Between Hyderabad, in the Telangana-based state of Telangana, and Bengaluru, in the state of Karnataka, the bus carrying 44 passengers made its way.
About 210 kilometers (130 miles) south of Hyderabad, the accident took place in Chinnatekuru village near Kurnool.
The bereaved families were shown condolences by Andhra Pradesh’s highest elected official, N Chandrababu Naidu, the prime minister.
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Source: Aljazeera
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