Lucknow: Four of family killed, two missing as car plunges into Indira Canal

Teams of local police along with divers and experts from Disaster Relief Force (SDRF) and National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF) were trying to locate the missing persons, says a senior police official.

Lucknow: Four members of a family, including two children, were killed and two others went missing when the car they were travelling in plunged into the Indira Canal under Nagram police station limits in Lucknow on Friday night, police officials said. Three occupants of the car were rescued by police with help of locals and were taken to a hospital for treatment, they added.

Three occupants of the car were rescued by police with help of locals and were taken to a hospital for treatment in Lucknow. (HT)

Teams of local police along with divers and experts from State Disaster Relief Force (SDRF) and National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF) were trying to locate the missing persons, said a senior police official.

Informing about the accident, assistant commissioner of police (ACP) Dileep Kumar Singh said, “The accident occurred in the evening when the car fell into the canal while crossing a narrow culvert. Police teams from Nagraj police station soon reached the spot and started rescue work. Three persons have been rescued while two others are still missing. The bodies of the four persons have also been recovered.”

According to police, the car was coming from Bilsanda area in Pilibhit district. One Sangeeta, 35, was travelling to Lucknow to meet her father along with her mother-in-law Rupa Devi, 57, brother-in-law Godhan, her children Chahat, Ananya, Rudra and children of her brother-in-law, Kapil and Rupesh. One Kuldeep of their village was driving the car.