India, Dec. 26 -- Six people, including a five-year-old child, were killed and at least a dozen others injured when a speeding container truck crashed into a private sleeper bus that caught fire under the impact in Karnataka's Chitradurga district in the early hours of Thursday, police said.

President Droupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and chief minister Siddaramaiah condoled the deaths in the accident, which occurred near the Javanagondanahalli village around 2am, when the luxury sleeper bus with 33 (including the driver and assistant) onboard was travelling from Bengaluru to Gokarna.

According to police, most passengers were asleep when the truck, carrying beverages from Maharashtra to Nelamangala near Bengaluru, allegedly l...