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Six Dead in Karnataka NH-48 Bus–Truck Crash as Police Probe Fuel-Tank Fire After Divider Breach

Police cite a truck crossing the divider as the trigger for a fuel‑tank fire that engulfed the sleeper coach.

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

  • Police confirmed six fatalities — five bus passengers and the truck driver — with a five-year-old among the dead and dozens injured.
  • Authorities said the container truck jumped the central divider and struck the bus near its diesel tank, sparking a rapid fire.
  • Twenty-eight injured were treated across hospitals in Sira, Hiriyur, Tumakuru and at Victoria Hospital in Bengaluru, where one patient remains critical.
  • An FIR has been filed and identification work, including DNA testing where required, is underway as investigators examine possible driver fatigue or overspeeding.
  • Ex-gratia was announced by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah (₹5 lakh to next of kin, ₹50,000 to injured) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi (₹2 lakh and ₹50,000), while a nearby school-bus driver was credited with averting further harm.