10 Killed As Bus Catches Fire After Collision With Truck In Karnataka At least ten people were burned alive after a private sleeper bus caught fire following being hit by a truck in Karnataka's Chitradurga district. The bus was travelling from Bengaluru to Shivamogga, covering over 300 kilometers, when the accident occurred on the National Highway-48 (NH-48) in the early hours of Thursday, around 2:30 am.