Seven people died and nearly 22 more were injured after a sleeper bus they were travelling in collided with a trailer and then burst into flames on the Delhi-Mumbai expressway near Rajasthan’s Dausa. The incident took place around 2:30 am last night when the bus was travelling from Rishikesh to Madhya Pradesh’s Indore at high speed. The vehicle first collided with a trailer (a large truck), and then both vehicles caught fire. Visuals showed the vehicles in huge flames as passengers screamed for help. According to officials, passengers from the upper berths were thrown to the ground. While five passengers died from burn injuries, two died from head injuries, they said.
