Patna: In a tragic incident, on Monday, a passenger bus fell into a roadside pond in Madhubani district of Bihar.

Superintendent of Police Ms Nirmala Kumari said, that police have recovered four bodies from the pond.

As per the Ms. Nirmala Kumari, the bus was on route from Madhubani to Sitamarhi but fell into a roadside pond at Sundarpur tola near Basaith chowk on Benipatti-Pupri road in Madhubani district. There were over 50 passengers were travelling in the bus.

"The overspeeding bus fell into the pond and got immersed in the water. After an hour, the district officials reached the spot and started rescue operations. So far four dead bodies have been recovered", said Ms Nirmala.

The rescue operation is going on, but, according to villagers, the chances of anyone to survive in this incident are isolated, because of the delay in rescue operation as the bus had fallen in the pond three hours ago.