Two accidents, 46 lives lost in one week: What's going wrong with sleeper buses in India | EXPLAINED

A private sleeper bus travelling from Jaisalmer to Jodhpur catches fire shortly after starting its journey. 26 people were killed, and many others suffered injuries. About a week later, on October 24, 20 were killed in a fiery crash involving a bike and a sleeper bus in Andhra Pradesh’s Kurnool on the Bengaluru-Hyderabad Highway. 20 people were killed in the tragedy.