AlHijjah 25, 1434, Oct 30, 2013, SPA -- A bus crashed into a highway barrier in southern India and erupted in flames early Wednesday, killing 42 passengers - many of them burned alive in the inferno, officials said, according to AP. The driver and six others managed to escape through a window, Deputy Police Inspector General Naveen Kumar Chand said. The other passengers, apparently asleep at the time of the crash, were trapped inside. The bus, operated by Jabbar Travels, had been traveling overnight from Bangalore to Hyderabad and was passing another vehicle when it crashed into the roadside barrier in Mehabubnagar in southern Andhra Pradesh state, Chand said. The diesel tank then caught fire, and flames engulfed the bus, according to Pradeep, a police official.
