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Karnataka NH-48 Bus Fire: Police Confirm 6 Dead, 28 Injured After Truck Jumps Divider

Police say a truck that crossed the divider likely struck the bus’s diesel tank, triggering the fire.

After the bus collided with the speeding truck, eyewitnesses rushed to the scene to pull out the passengers from the bus, which was ablaze.
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Flames and smoke billow out after a bus caught fire following a collision with a truck, in Chitradurga, early 25, December 2025. | PTI

Overview

  • Authorities revised the toll to six dead, including a five-year-old girl, with about 28 injured after a pre-dawn crash near Hiriyur in Chitradurga district.
  • The private Seabird sleeper coach was traveling overnight from Bengaluru toward the coast when the container truck entered its lane and impact rapidly engulfed the bus in flames.
  • Investigators are probing driver negligence and fatigue, with police citing preliminary findings that the lorry hit the bus near its fuel tank.
  • Rescuers and passing motorists pulled survivors from the burning coach as fire tenders from Sira, Hiriyur and Chitradurga doused the blaze; patients were shifted to hospitals in Sira, Hiriyur, Tumakuru and Bengaluru, with one in critical care at Victoria Hospital.
  • The Prime Minister announced Rs 2 lakh for families of the deceased and Rs 50,000 for the injured, while the Karnataka Chief Minister announced Rs 5 lakh for each bereaved family and ordered a formal investigation, with DNA sampling under way for identification.