Fourteen students and two teachers died after a boat overturned in a lake on the outskirts of Vadodara city in Gujarat on Thursday, officials said.
Those on board the ill-fated boat were on a picnic when the tragedy occurred at Harni lake in the afternoon, the officials added.
“Sixteen persons, comprising 14 students and two teachers, died in the boat capsizing incident. One student who was rescued has been admitted in SSG Hospital,” a Harni police station official said.