Chitradurga/Hyderabad, Dec 25 (Maxim News): At least nine people were burnt alive in a highway tragedy in Karnataka early this morning. A luxury private bus caught fire on National Highway-48 after a speeding truck rammed it in Chitradurga, trapping the sleeping passengers around 2 am. The fire rapidly engulfed the bus as passengers struggled to escape the burning vehicle.
The truck came from the opposite direction and hit the divider, said Rafiq the driver off the bus who is now recovering in a hospital. While his aide pointed out that the impact of the collision was on the fuel tank of the bus.
“It was overspeeding. I was maintaining the speed of 60-70 km/hr at that time. I saw the vehicle coming from the front. I know only the vehicle (truck) hitting the bus,” Rafiq told reporters, recounting the horrific moment.
He has no clue what happened after that and how he was rescued. Rafiq said he tried to control his vehicle on seeing the speeding truck, but couldn’t.
“I tried to control the bus on seeing the vehicle approaching from the opposite direction. My bus even touched the other vehicle, which was moving next to us. I don’t know what vehicle it was. But couldn’t (control),” the driver added.
The collision occurred near Hiriyur when the bus was covering a 300 km journey from Bengaluru to Shivamogga. Most passengers were sleeping at that time, until the loud noise of the crash woke them up. (Maxim News)
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