13 people died and three others were injured after a minibus carrying 16 passengers fell into Panchganga river in Maharashtra's Kolhapur on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday.
All the commuters hailed from Balewadi in Pune.
The mishap occurred at around 11.45 pm on Shivaji bridge when the driver lost control over the vehicle while travelling from Ganpatipule to Pune, an official of Kolhapur police said.
Police and fire brigade was alerted by some onlookers following which a search and rescue operation was launched, he said.
Out of the seven persons rescued from the river four were declared brought dead at a hospital while three injured are undergoing treatment, the official said.
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The search for other 10 is underway by the teams of police, civic authorities and locals, he said, adding senior police officials were on the spot.
PTI
