WUHAN - One person has been rescued and six others remained missing after a bus fell into a river Sunday afternoon in Changyang county in central China's Hubei Province, said local authorities.

Around 1 p.m. Sunday, a bus, with seven people on board, fell into the Qingjiang River from a bridge in the Malianping village, said the Changyang county government.

One person has been salvaged and rescuers are searching for the other six people.