The passenger vehicle had more than 45 passengers and it fell into the Lasara drain in Jeewan Singhwala village, say official

The bus with 46 passengers was en route to Bathinda from Sardulgarh (in Mansa district). The accident occurred on the Talwandi Sabo-Bathinda stretch. Eyewitnesses said the bus crashed through the railing of a bridge before it fell into the filthy drain.

BATHINDA: Eight passengers died and 26 sustained injuries after a private transport company bus fell into the Lassara drain near Jiwan Singh Wala village on the Bathinda-Talwandi Sabo road on Friday afternoon.