New Delhi, July 9 -- At least eight persons were killed after several vehicles fell into a river when a bridge collapsed in Gujarat's Vadodara district on Wednesday morning, officials said on the day.

Five persons were rescued as a team of responders reached the location of the collapsed bridge.

Five to six vehicles plunged into the Mahisagar river in Vadodara after a portion of the four-decade old Gambhira bridge collapsed on Wednesday, Gujarat's Health Minister Rushikesh Patel said.

A slab of the bridge, located on the river which connects central Gujarat and Saurashtra regions of the state, collapsed, he said.

"Three persons have died and five others have been rescued," Patel told reporters.

Visuals showed the entire slab of the b...