Mangalore, July 23: At least seven people have died as a bus carrying 50 passengers, most of them school and college students, fell into a lake in Karnataka today.
The accident happened around 10 am when the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation bus, travelling from Sakleshpor near Mangalore to Belur in Hassan district, plunged into the Vishwa Samudra Lake. Belur is nearly 200 kms away from Bangalore, the state capital.
So far rescuers have recovered seven bodies. Rescue operations are still on.