At Least 45 Dead in Southern India as Bus Crashes, Bursts Into Flames
Most passengers were locked inside
An overnight bus crashed into a highway barrier and burst into flames Wednesday in southern India, killing 45 passengers who were locked inside the cabin — many of them burned alive in the inferno, officials said.
The driver, a bus cleaner and five passengers managed to escape through a window in the front of the bus, according to the transportation minister of southern Andhra Pradesh state, Botsa Satyanarayana.
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