9 individuals have been killed, and three others swept away after a Drive Motors Trax Cruiser carrying 14 passengers fell into the Bhakra canal in Haryana’s Fatehabad district on Friday night time, police stated on Saturday.
The cruiser driver Jarnail Singh, 40, and an 11-year-old boy have been rescued. (HT Photograph)
The cruiser driver Jarnail Singh, 40, and an 11-year-old boy have been rescued.
The deceased have been recognized as Jhando Bai, 65, Jangiro Bai, 45, Balbir Singh, 60, Chander Singh, Seron Bai, Kanto Bai, 45, and Ravinder Kaur, 35 and two minors aged 1 and 12 years. Lots of them belonged to Mehmara village in Fatehabad and others from Fatehpur and Reond Kalan village in Punjab’s Mansa.
Our bodies of Taro Bai, 60, Lakhwinder Kaur, 25, and Jaswinder Singh are but to be recovered, and rescue groups are conducting operations to hint them.
The accident occurred at Sardarewala village in Ratia on Friday night time resulting from dense fog within the space.
Ratia DSP Sanjay Bishnoi stated that the incident came about when the passengers, lots of whom have been from Mehmara village, have been returning after attending a marriage ceremony at a village in Punjab’s Fazilka district.
“When the SUV close to Sardarewala village, the driving force reportedly misplaced management of the car due to low visibility, and it fell into the canal. We now have retrieved the physique of a person from the spot and eight from Kalanwali head in Sirsa. The water degree within the canal was decreased and groups of the Nationwide Catastrophe Response Drive, State Catastrophe Response Drive and divers are conducting the rescue operation to hint the remaining three individuals, the DSP added.
The DSP stated that the driving force Jarnail Singh managed to leap when the cruiser was about to fall into the canal, including that the driving force raised an alarm following which the locals rescued a boy.
The official stated {that a} crane was used to drag the cruiser out from the canal.
The our bodies have been fished out round 50-55 km away from the spot the place the car fell into the canal, stated police.
Round 50 individuals are a part of the rescue operation, stated police.
A autopsy examination of the our bodies was performed on the native hospital.