By IANS
Patna : At least 22 people were killed and over a dozen seriously injured when a speeding and crowded Patna-bound bus plunged into the Ganga river early Friday.
The accident took place near the Gandhi Setu bridge. "Eighteen bodies have been recovered from the accident site while four people died at the hospital during treatment," police said.
According to police sources, 12 seriously injured people were admitted in the Patna Medical College and Hospital.
"The casualties may rise because the condition of some of the injured people was serious," a police official said.
The bus was coming from Raxaul in East Champaran district bordering Nepal – and heading to Patna – when it plunged more than 80 feet to fall on the dry riverbed near pillar number seven, 18 km from here, when the driver lost control and the vehicle crashed through the railing of the bridge, officials said.
The bus belongs to the state-owned Bihar State Road Transport Corporation.