PHOTOS;India bridge collapse: Search for survivors after two buses plunge into river

Nearly two dozen people are missing after one of two major bridges connecting the Indian cities of Mumbai and Goa collapsed over the swollen Savitri River.

The bridge gave way at about 2 a.m. local time on Wednesday, said Rakesh Ranjan, Deputy Commandant of the National Disaster Response Force and Civil Defence (NDRF), sending two buses into flood waters below.

The state passenger buses were carrying 22 people -- 18 passengers, two conductors and two drivers.