Police said the seriously injured passengers were admitted to hospital in Hubli, and those with minor injuries are being treated at Haveri district hospital.
Seven people have died and three others have suffered injuries after a bus enroute to Mumbai from Bangalore caught fire in Haveri in Karnataka.
"The mishap took place around 2.45 a.m. when the luxury bus of Volvo make from Bangalore to Mumbai hit the railing of a bridge on National Highway 4 (NH 4) at high speed and caught fire as its fuel tanker beneath burst," Haveri Superintendent of Police M. Shashi Kumar said.
"We are yet to identify the gender of the victims as their bodies are fully burnt. Six of the injured have been rushed to a state-run hospital at Hubli, around 50km from Haveri, as their condition is critical due to severe burns," Kumar said.
The Volvo bus had 52 people on board.
A toddler is amongst those who have been killed.
Though most of the passengers were asleep when the fire broke out and the flames started leaping up from beneath, all the survivors managed to escape by breaking the emergency exit window and jumping from the burning bus.
The injured have been taken to the hospital. The bus had hit a bridge and caught fire as it continued to travel.
Police said the seriously injured passengers were admitted to hospital in Hubli, and those with minor injuries are being treated at Haveri district hospital.
Most of the people jumped out of the bus after they saw that it was on fire.
The bus, which is a volvo has a private operator. It was on National Highway 4, when the incident took place.
The accident is a grim reminder of another incident when 45 passengers perished in a similar bus fire at Mahabubnagar in Andhra Pradesh in a private-run luxury bus of Volvo make Oct 30.
State transport minister Ramalinga Reddy rushed to the spot from here to inspect the accident and supervise the rescue and relief operations.
"Over speeding appears to be the cause of the accident, as in the previous incident. We are ordering a probe to ascertain the reason though the driver could be at fault to drive so recklessly," Reddy told reporters here.
Seven people have died and three others have suffered injuries after a bus enroute to Mumbai from Bangalore caught fire in Haveri in Karnataka.
"The mishap took place around 2.45 a.m. when the luxury bus of Volvo make from Bangalore to Mumbai hit the railing of a bridge on National Highway 4 (NH 4) at high speed and caught fire as its fuel tanker beneath burst," Haveri Superintendent of Police M. Shashi Kumar said.
"We are yet to identify the gender of the victims as their bodies are fully burnt. Six of the injured have been rushed to a state-run hospital at Hubli, around 50km from Haveri, as their condition is critical due to severe burns," Kumar said.
The Volvo bus had 52 people on board.
A toddler is amongst those who have been killed.
Though most of the passengers were asleep when the fire broke out and the flames started leaping up from beneath, all the survivors managed to escape by breaking the emergency exit window and jumping from the burning bus.
The injured have been taken to the hospital. The bus had hit a bridge and caught fire as it continued to travel.
Police said the seriously injured passengers were admitted to hospital in Hubli, and those with minor injuries are being treated at Haveri district hospital.
Most of the people jumped out of the bus after they saw that it was on fire.
The bus, which is a volvo has a private operator. It was on National Highway 4, when the incident took place.
The accident is a grim reminder of another incident when 45 passengers perished in a similar bus fire at Mahabubnagar in Andhra Pradesh in a private-run luxury bus of Volvo make Oct 30.
State transport minister Ramalinga Reddy rushed to the spot from here to inspect the accident and supervise the rescue and relief operations.
"Over speeding appears to be the cause of the accident, as in the previous incident. We are ordering a probe to ascertain the reason though the driver could be at fault to drive so recklessly," Reddy told reporters here.
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