Three members of family die as car falls into canal

Saturday, March 17, 2007, 20:28 [IST]

Ludhiana, Mar 11 (UNI) Three members of a family, including two women were killed when their car fell into the Nangal canal near Gurthali village in this district of Punjab police today stated.

The accident took place when the driver of the vehicle lost control and it fell into the canal last night. Army divers had to been summoned to fish out the dead.

The deceased were identified as Narinder Kaur, Harjinder Kaur and Harcharan Singh. They were returning from Anandpur Sahib to Kotha Pannu village.

A fourth occupant of the car identified as Jaswinder Kaur however got saved as she was thrown out of the vehicle when it rolled into the canal.

UNI

Topics: ACCIDENT-PUNJAB-CAR

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