57 Killed in Karnataka road mishap in India
Pakistan Times Monitoring Report

BIJAPUR (India): Fifty-seven people, including 18 women and two children, were killed when a bus fell into the Almatti dam canal at Nidugundi in Karnataka's Bijapur district early on Monday.

The bodies of all the victims of the ill-fated bus, bound for Chitapur district in Gulbarga district from Hubli, have been recovered, district and police authorities said.

Nine passengers of the jam-packed bus swam to safety.

Among the victims were 18 women and two children, they said adding that seven members of a family bound for Jewargi in Gulbarga district also died in the accident.

Recap

An earlier report said that at least 40 passengers were feared dead in southern India on Monday after a bus fell into a canal.

They said the accident occurred around 3:00 a.m. (2130 GMT) in Bijapur district of Karnataka state, about 530 km (330 miles) northwest of state capital Bangalore.

Rescue teams had reached the site, a police officer in Bangalore told foreign news agency.●