India, April 11 -- At least 10 people were killed and several others remain missing after a tourist boat capsized in the Yamuna ricer near Vrindavan in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district on Friday, officials said.

The victims were mostly tourists from Punjab who had travelled to Mathura and Vrindavan on a pilgrimage when the accident occurred, with survivors describing a sudden, violent impact moments before the vessel overturned.

Vijay Bahl, a resident of Ludhiana's Jagraon who lost his wife and son, said the group had to switch boats in the middle of the river due to a mechanical fault.

"In seconds, the bridge struck our boat like a storm. It overturned and we were thrown into the water," he recalled to HT, describing how quickly the s...