New Delhi, Dhu-AlQa'dah 2, 1437, Aug 5, 2016, SPA -- Rescue workers in India found 18 bodies on Friday after a bridge collapsed over a flooded river earlier in the week. Twenty-three people are feared dead after two buses and a car plunged into the Savitri river when an aging bridge on a highway linking the states of Maharashtra and Goa caved in on Wednesday, dpa reported. More than 100 emergency workers in boats, helicopters and on foot scoured the site, looking for survivors and the vehicles. "We have recovered 18 bodies until now, of which 15 have been identified. One victim is the driver of a bus," said Sushma Satpute, sub-divisional magistrate of Raigad district. Constant rain was hampering search operations. "It is raining heavily and the river is fast-flowing, so it is almost impossible to venture into the water and track where the vehicles are," Satpute said by phone from the site. Local police, disaster management personnel, Indian Navy divers and coastguard and Indian Air Force helicopters were involved in the operation. --SPA 13:58 LOCAL TIME 10:58 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w