India, Dec. 25 -- At least nine people were killed and 21 injured on National Highway 48 at Gorlathu Cross in Hiriyur taluk of Karnataka's Chitradurga district, after a private sleeper coach collided with a lorry and burst into flames, the police said on Thursday.

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HT earlier reported that the crash occurred when a lorry travelling from Hiriyur toward Bengaluru crossed the central divider and rammed into a bus coming from the opposite direction, which was heading from Bengaluru to Shivamogga. The impact caused the sleeper coach to catch fire in the middle of the highway with several passengers trapped inside.

The bus carrying 32 passengers engulfed in flames under the impact of the collision and most o...