At least three were killed and 25 others were missing after a bus plunged into roadside canal in Bangladesh's northwestern Bogra district Thursday evening, private news agency UNB reported.
Three bodies in the sunken bus, which was carrying some 70 people of a bridal party, has been recovered, the report said.
About 25 passengers, including the bride and bridegroom, were reported missing. Others were rescued or swam to safety.
Survivors were quoted as saying that the bridal party of some 70 people, including women and children, was returning with bride from Baithabhanga to adjacent Birsaralia village in Kirtania of Bogra district, about 197 km northwest of the capital Dhaka.
As the driver lost control over the steering, the bus plunged into a canal at about 8 p.m. (1400 GMT).
Police and locals were making frantic efforts to salvage the bus, believing that the missing persons were stuck up inside the vehicle.
According to UNB's report, six persons were killed and 20 others injured when a bus and a three-wheeler fell into roadside ditch after collision of the two vehicles in Bangladesh's northeastern Sylhet district Thursday afternoon.
Bangladesh has one of the highest fatality rates for road accidents in the world. According to official statistics, more than 10,000 people are killed in different road accidents every year.
Source: Xinhua
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