India, Dec. 26 -- President Droupadi Murmu, Vice President CP Radhakrishnan and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday condoled the loss of lives in road accidents in Karnataka's Chitradurga and Tamil Nadu's Cuddalore and prayed for the speedy recovery of the injured.

At least five people were killed when a sleeper bus burst into flames after it was hit by a speeding truck in Chitradurga district early Thursday. The bus was carrying 30 passengers and most of them were burnt alive, according to police. In Tamil Nadu, nine people were killed near Cuddalore on Wednesday after a government bus swerved to the opposite side and collided with two vehicles.

"Deeply pained by the tragic bus fire incident in Chitradurga, Karnataka, which has le...