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44 dead after bus catches fire in India

At least 44 people have been killed after a bus caught fire in southern India. It happened after ...
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06.26 30 Oct 2013


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44 dead after bus catches fire in India

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06.26 30 Oct 2013


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At least 44 people have been killed after a bus caught fire in southern India. It happened after the coach crashed on a highway near the city of Bangalore.

Out of 49 people on the bus five, including the driver and the bus cleaner, broke windows and escaped before the flames engulfed the vehicle killing the rest.

The bus was carrying around 44 passengers from Bangalore city to Hyderabad when the crash happened around 800 miles from the Indian capital, New Delhi.

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The bus hit the tanker on Kothakota flyover in Mahbubnagar district, police said. Authorities were questioning the survivors to get further details.

The country has the highest annual road death toll in the world, according to the World Health Organisation, with police figures showing more than 110,000 people are killed every year.

140,000 people were killed on Indian roads last year, which works out at about 15 every hour.


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