At least 24 people died after a passenger bus carrying around 40 passengers plunged into the Padma River while attempting to board a ferry in Bangladesh, officials said Thursday.

At least eighteen bodies were retrieved after a bus carrying dozens of passengers plunged into the Padma River from a pontoon at a terminal in Bangladesh’s Rajbari district, some 125 km south of Dhaka...

Authorities have launched an investigation into the incident, raising concerns over ferry safety and overcrowding during peak travel periods.