At least 25 pilgrims from Mandsaur district of Madhya Pradesh were killed and 17 injured, when the bus they were travelling in from Badrinath to Rishikesh fell into the Ganga on Tuesday afternoon at Kodiyala near Byasi in Tehri district, the State Disaster Mitigation and Management Centre here said.
The accident occurred when the driver tried to overtake a truck and lost control, Tehri Superintendent of Police Janmejaya Khanduri said.
While 21 people died on the spot, four succumbed to their injuries on way to hospital.
