Poonch, Feb. 27 -- Seven people were injured, while others were suspected to be missing, after a car veered off the road and plunged into the Poonch River in Jammu Kashmir's Poonch district.

The incident happened on Thursday night.

A swift rescue operation, led by SSP Poonch and supported by SDRF teams, was launched to save those trapped. Search efforts are ongoing to locate any remaining victims.

Poonch Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Shafqat Hussain told ANI, "At around 7.30 pm, we got the information. Our police teams reached the spot and started the rescue operations. The car was in the river. We rescued seven people. The search operation is underway to find if more passengers were there in the car."

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