At least 42 people have died, after the bus they were travelling in crashed and caught fire in southern India.
The bus, carrying more than 50 passengers, was enroute from Bangalore city to Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh's capital, when the incident happened early on Wednesday, the BBC reports.
Police say a collision with a culvert ignited the fuel tank of the vehicle. The incident happened at Kothakota in Mahbubnagar district, 140km from Hyderabad, when the air-conditioned Volvo luxury bus hit a culvert.
Most of the passengers were sleeping when the incident took place. Seven people, including the driver and his assistant, broke the windows of the bus and managed to flee.
