According to eyewitnesses, the driver, aged around 40, was overspeeding and trying to overtake another vehicle on the rrow bridge when he lost control with the bus plunging 100 feet into the river around 6.45 am near Dubi village. Four children and seven women were among the 33 dead, whose bodies were sent to the district hospital mortuary. At the time of filing of the report, bodies of 25 dead had been identified and 19 of these handed over to their respective families. The injured were rushed to a nearby hospital.