Maha: three dead, driver missing after ST bus swept away on flooded bridge

But Sheikh Salim alias Babu Sheikh Ibrahim 50, resident of Hyderabad Indal Mahindre 35, resident of Pusad in the district, and conductor Bhimrao Nagrikar, resident of Nagpur, died and their bodies were recovered, it said.Bus driver Suresh Surewar was still missing.

Three persons died after a state transport bus was swept away while crossing an inundated bridge in eastern Maharashtra's Yavatmal district on Tuesday morning, officials said.

Marathwada and parts of Vidarbha received very heavy rains during the day, causing floods in many places. The incident took place around 8 am at Dahagaon bridge in Umarkhed tehsil when the semi-luxury bus of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) was going from Nagpur to Nanded.

The bus got swept away while passing through the bridge which was flooded following heavy rains, and then overturned, an official said.

There were four passengers in the bus besides the driver and conductor, Umarkhed tehsildar Anand Deolgaonkar said.

In a late night release, the district administration said passengers Sharad Fulmali (27) and Subramanyam Tokla (48) were rescued. But Sheikh Salim alias Babu Sheikh Ibrahim (50), resident of Hyderabad; Indal Mahindre (35), resident of Pusad in the district, and conductor Bhimrao Nagrikar, resident of Nagpur, died and their bodies were recovered, it said.

Bus driver Suresh Surewar was still missing. Rescue operation will resume in the morning, it said.