Mahad tragedy: SUV found with 2 bodies; toll rises to 28

Navy divers on Sunday, the 11th day of search operation found the wreckage of a washed away SUV and recovered two bodies trapped inside it, taking the toll in the Mahad bridge collapse to 28. Twelve people are still missing. 

The sport utility vehicle was found around 300 metres away from the accident site in Mahad on the Mumbai-Goa Highway in adjoining Raigad district, around 170km from here.

An official from Maharashtra Government’s Disaster Management Cell said, “a missing Tavera has been found around 300 metres from the collapsed bridge. Bodies of two males were found trapped inside the mangled car.” 

With this, the death count in the August 2 night tragedy has gone up to 28, while 12 people are still missing.

Suhas Diwase, Director of Disaster Management Cell, said the number of missing persons now stood at 12 and the search, jointly conducted by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF, Navy and locals, will be intensified in the coming days.