At least 18 killed as bus plunges into river in India

A bus veered off a road and plunged into a river in northeastern India on Sunday, killing at least 18 people and injuring one more, officials said.

Divers were searching for survivors in the river near the town of Sonapur, said government official Prateek Hazela.

Sonapur is about 25 kilometers (15 miles) east of Gauhati, the capital of India's Assam state.

One person, the driver's assistant, had been rescued and was taken to a local hospital, Hazela said, adding …