Police said nine people, including eight of the family, were in the vehicle. While the driver was rescued, a 12-year-old girl is missing and efforts are on to trace her
Three women and four girls, all from the same family, died on Saturday when their car fell into a canal in Haryana’s Kaithal. Nine people, including eight of the family, were in the vehicle and were headed to the Baba Rajpuri Mela for Dussehra, police said.
According to police, the driver was rescued but seven other occupants of the vehicle drowned. A 12-year-old girl, Komal, is missing and efforts are on to trace her, they said.
Taking to the social media platform X, Prime Minister Narendra Modi described the accident as heart-rendering and conveyed his condolences to the kin of the victims. He said the local administration was making every effort to help under the state government’s supervision.
Police said the incident took place as the driver lost control of the vehicle and it plunged into the canal near Mundri village. The deceased were identified as Satwinder (50), Chameli (65), Teejo (45), Fiza (16), Vandana (10), Riya (10) and Ramandeep (6). All were from Deeg village in Kaithal.
(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed – PTI)
