Ropar, April 18,2022-Five people, including two women, have died while two children are feared washed away after a Creta car was thrown into the Bhakra canal, near here on Monday.
The car, registered in Rajasthan, was coming from Kiratpur Sahib side when it was hit by a private bus.
According to DSP Varinder Pal Singh, it was around 10.30 am when the car fell into the canal after it was hit by a private bus from backside near Ahmedpur village on Kiratpur Sahib-Ropar road.
As passersby raised alarm, the search for victims and the car was initiated with the help of divers.
The car was lifted out from the canal using a crane and bodies of five men and two women were recovered.
The DSP said the relatives of the deceased informed that two children were accompanying the deceased.(Agency)
