Media Eye News Bureau: At least ten persons were killed and six injured after a minibus fell into the Panchganga River at Kolhapur in Western Maharashtra early on Saturday, an official said.

The incident occurred around 12.45 a.m. when the private bus with at least 16 passengers was heading from Ratnagiri to Kolhapur

The driver apparently lost control while the vehicle was speeding along the Shivaji Bridge on the Panchganga River,.

The police and the fire brigade were alerted by some onlookers following which a search and rescue operation was launched.