Bihar: Nine drown, six lacking as jeep falls into Ganga at Danapur

Nine individuals drowned and 6 stay lacking as a jeep carrying them fell into Ganga river from a pontoon bridge at Danapur close to Patna on Friday morning.
The incident came about round 7 am when 15 individuals had been getting back from Asimpur village that falls in a riverine belt to Danapur after a pre-marriage operate. As the jeep took to the pontoon bridge, a portion of the bridge subsided making the jeep lose stability and fall into the river.
Danapur SHO AK Sah mentioned: “The incident took place primarily because of the makeshift bridge caving in. We have so far taken out nine bodies and have been looking for six more people travelling in the jeep.”