Bus-truck collision triggers blaze in Karnataka

A fire engulfed a passenger bus and a truck after they collided on the national highway in Karnataka. Travellers on the bus escaped unhurt but the driver of the truck was killed in the incident.

Nellyadi(Dakshina Kannada): A container lorry and a private passenger bus collided on the Bengaluru-Mangaluru national highway on Wednesday.

A fire engulfed both vehicles after the collision in Mannagundi near Nellyadi. The truck's driver was killed in the incident.

Passengers on the bus managed to escape without injuries, which was travelling to Bengaluru while the truck was heading from Bengaluru to Mangaluru.

Firefighters and police reached the spot and extinguished the fire.