Several vehicles plunged into the Mahisagar river after a portion of the four-decade-old bridge, connecting Anand and Vadodara districts, collapsed near Gambhira village close to Padra town of Vadodara on Wednesday morning.

The collapse of a decades-old bridge over the Mahisagar river in Gujarat has resulted in 15 deaths, with several vehicles plunging into the river. Search and rescue operations are ongoing, with teams working to locate survivors and missing persons.

The death toll in the collapse of a bridge over a river in Gujarat's Vadodara district has gone up to 13 with the recovery of two more bodies, officials said on Thursday.