India bus crash: 58 feared dead
Fifty-eight people were feared dead today after a bus plunged into a canal in southern India, police said.
Eight bodies have been recovered and hope was fading for 51 others still trapped inside the bus, said S N Borkar, the state police chief. Seven people have been rescued.
The accident occurred near Nalagundi, a village in Karnataka state, about 310 miles north west of Bangalore.
Fatal road accidents are common in India. Many involve public transport drivers who work long hours and often ignore traffic rules.
Police are investigating the cause of today’s accident, but Borkar said the driver apparently lost control of the vehicle.
