Truck smashes into bus, kills 18

India - Police say a bus and a truck carrying passengers have collided in southern India, killing 18 people.

Police official Ajay Hilori said the crash took place Monday afternoon in a rural area of the southern state of Karnataka.
The truck tried to overtake a vehicle on a curved road and crashed into the bus coming from the opposite direction, he said.

Hilori said the truck had a capacity of 16 passengers, but was carrying 22. The crash killed four woman and 14 men on the truck, he said. Four others were injured, one of them critically. The bus passengers escaped with minor injuries.

Double-decker on fire, 19 dead

THAILAND - Police say 19 people were killed and at least 20 were injured when a double-decker passenger bus caught fire after a vehicle collision on one of Thailand's busiest highways.

Police Lt. Assavathep Chantanaree says an 18-wheeled truck crashed into the Bangkok-bound overnight bus on Mitraphab highway in the central province of Saraburi early Tuesday.

He says most passengers were stuck in the bus when it caught fire, including the bus drivers. Authorities are still investigating the cause of the crash and working to identify the dead bodies. It wasn't known if the truck driver was among the dead.

Assavathep says another woman was injured when a pickup truck crashed into the collided pile of vehicles.

Saraburi is 90 kilometers (60 miles) north of Bangkok.
 

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