A tragic accident in southern India resulted in the deaths of at least 25 people after a passenger bus burst into flames following a collision with a motorcycle. The incident occurred early Friday near Kurnool district in Andhra Pradesh, according to senior police official Vikrant Patil. The fire rapidly engulfed the bus, which was carrying 44 passengers traveling between Hyderabad in Telangana state and Bengaluru in Karnataka state. The motorcycle, which crashed into the bus from behind, became stuck and was dragged along the highway, generating sparks that ignited the bus’s fuel tank. Despite the driver’s attempts to extinguish the flames using a fire extinguisher, the fire was too intense to control. Many passengers were asleep at the time, and while some managed to escape through smashed windows, others were tragically trapped and killed. The motorcycle rider also perished in the accident. Forensic experts are investigating the cause of the fire. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Andhra Pradesh’s Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu expressed their condolences to the victims’ families. This marks the second fatal bus fire in India in less than two weeks, following a similar incident in Rajasthan earlier this month that claimed 20 lives.
Bus catches fire after being hit by a motorcycle in southern India, killing at least 25
