At least 10 persons were killed and six injured after a minibus fell into Panchganga river at Kolhapur in Western Maharashtra, police said.
The incident occurred when the private bus with at least 17 passengers was heading from Ratnagiri to Kolhapur. The mishap occurred at around 11.45 pm on Shivaji bridge when the driver lost control over the vehicle while travelling from Ganpatipule to Pune, an official of Kolhapur police said.
Police and fire brigade was alerted by some onlookers following which a search and rescue operation was launched, he said. The bus rammed into the stone barriers before it plunged some 80-feet below into the waters. All the commuters hailed from Balewadi in Pune.
Police and disaster teams are engaged in a massive search and rescue operation.
