Archive · 25 Oct 2025
Kurnool Bus Fire: Two-Wheeler Preceded Fatal Inferno
A motorcycle rider, Siva Shankar, died when his two-wheeler skidded on a wet road and hit a divider.
Shortly after, a bus ran over the two-wheeler.
The bus then caught fire, and sadly, 19 passengers died.
Police confirmed the bus ran over the motorcycle after the initial crash, not as a direct collision.
The driver is now in custody, charged with negligence and overspeeding.
The wet roads, due to heavy rain, were the main cause of the two-wheeler accident.
A two-wheeler accident preceded the Kurnool bus fire.
The two-wheeler rider died after hitting a divider.
The pillion rider of the two-wheeler survived with minor injuries.
Police determined the bus ran over the two-wheeler after the initial accident.
Nineteen bus passengers died in the subsequent fire.
- Who
- Two-wheeler rider, bus passengers, bus driver
- What
- Fatal two-wheeler accident followed by bus fire
- When
- Early Friday morning
- Where
- Kurnool district, India
- Why
- Two-wheeler skidded, bus ran over it, leading to a fire
Initial reports
Police Investigation
Cause of Accident
Initial reports
Initial reports suggested the bus hit the two-wheeler from behind.
Police Investigation
Police established the two-wheeler skidded before the bus ran over it.
- Location
- Kurnool district, near Chinna Tekuru village, India
- Victims
- 19 bus passengers and one two-wheeler rider deceased
- Initial Incident
- Two-wheeler accident - rider hit divider
- Cause of Two-Wheeler Accident
- Wet and muddy roads due to heavy rainfall
- Subsequent Incident
- Bus ran over the two-wheeler then caught fire
- Bus Driver
- In police custody for negligence and overspeeding
