Bus Carrying Around 40 Passengers Plunges into Padma River in Bangladesh; Multiple Feared Drowned

Kathmandu. A bus carrying approximately 40 people plunged into a river about 125 kilometers south of Dhaka, raising fears that most of the passengers have drowned.

Some of the passengers stated that only 11 travelers managed to swim to safety shortly after the accident.

At least two women have died, and many others are feared to have drowned after a passenger bus, which departed from Dhaka at 5:15 PM on Wednesday, lost control and fell into the Padma River on a road in Bangladesh's Rajbari district.

Rajbari's Deputy Commissioner and District Administrator Sultana Akhtar confirmed that the bus was carrying 40 passengers, and as of the time of reporting on Wednesday evening, the bodies of two women had been recovered from the water.

Officials stated that the submerged bus is currently underwater.

Fire Service and Civil Defense official Talha Bin Jasim reported that the search operation for the passengers believed to be submerged is ongoing, and local efforts to salvage the bus have been intensified.

Boats have been called in for the rescue operation.

According to eyewitnesses, the bus left Rajbari carrying about 40 passengers.