Pupils and teacher drown as boat carrying school class capsizes

The scene of the boating tragedy at Harni Lake in Valodara, India (AP Photo)

A boat carrying a school group capsized in a lake in western India on Thursday, drowning 15 pupils and one teacher, fire service officials said.

Eleven students were rescued when the boat capsized in Harni Lake in the city of Vadodara, and rescuers were searching for person who was still missing, fire officer Jitu Parmar said.