Cuddalore: Six persons, including two women, died and 32 were injured when a mini-lorry carrying 38 people to a funeral, fell off a bridge and plunged into a roadside pit near Ramanatham in the district, officials said on Tuesday.

The mishap occurred after the driver lost control of the vehicle and the bus fell off the Arangur Road Bridge and plunged 20 feet down into a pit, on Monday. While five died on Monday, one person succumbed to injuries at a government hospital in the early hours on Tuesday, Police Inspector A Rajaram told reporters in Cuddalore.