NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, OCT 13
Three persons drowned while one was missing after their car fell into a canal in Mehsana district, police said on Tuesday.
Five friends, all in their 20s, came from Nandasan village to Mehsana’s Kadi town to fill forms for a scholarship scheme on Monday.
While they were returning, the car driver lost control over the wheels following which the vehicle fell into the Narmada canal near Karannagar, police inspector R I Parmar said.
A woman car occupant was rescued by villagers, while four others were swept away in the water, he said.
“Fire brigade personnel fished out bodies of two men and a woman on Tuesday. A search was on for the fifth person,” the official said.