At least 15 members of a wedding party, including three children, have been killed when a truck they were travelling in collided with a bus in southern India.
The accident occurred early Saturday in Andhra Pradesh state, when the truck carrying around 40 wedding party members hit a passenger bus coming from the opposite direction.
Police say the truck caught fire, leaving many trapped inside the burning vehicle.
At least 25 were injured in the accident near Kandukur town, some 350 kilometres from state capital Hyderabad.
Locals and emergency workers rescued the trapped passengers, who were moved to nearby hospitals for treatment.
Police could not confirm whether the deaths were caused by the impact of the crash or subsequent fire, and said most of the dead and injured were family members.
India has some of the world's deadliest roads with more than 230,000 fatalities annually, according to the World Health Organization.
Transport analysts attribute the huge number of accidents to poor roads, ill-trained drivers and reckless driving.
The national government has put forward proposals for new legislation to make roads safer by stiffening lax traffic regulations.
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