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Karnataka NH-48 Bus–Truck Crash: Police Confirm 6 Dead as Probe Examines Divider Jump and Fuel-Tank Blaze

Casualty reconciliation and victim identification continue alongside ex‑gratia relief and hospital treatment.

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
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Overview

  • Chitradurga police later confirmed six deaths, including the truck driver and five passengers identified as Bindu V, her daughter Grema, Manasa, Navya and Rashmi Mahale, with 28 others injured.
  • The collision occurred around 2 a.m. near Javanagondanahalli in Hiriyur when a container truck crossed the median and hit a Seabird sleeper bus traveling from Bengaluru toward the coast, igniting a rapid fire.
  • Investigators are probing suspected driver fatigue and negligence, with senior officers noting the impact likely struck the bus near its diesel tank, accelerating the blaze.
  • Rescue teams moved the injured to hospitals in Hiriyur, Sira, Tumakuru and Bengaluru’s Victoria Hospital, where one patient remains critical, as survivors described breaking windows to escape.
  • An FIR has been registered against the truck driver, and leaders announced compensation, with ₹5 lakh from Karnataka for each deceased and ₹2 lakh from the PMNRF, plus ₹50,000 for the injured.