Rohtak, Feb. 1 -- Nine persons were killed, and three others swept away after a Force Motors Trax Cruiser carrying 14 passengers fell into the Bhakra canal in Haryana's Fatehabad district on Friday night, police said on Saturday.

The cruiser driver Jarnail Singh, 40, and an 11-year-old boy were rescued.

The deceased have been identified as Jhando Bai, 65, Jangiro Bai, 45, Balbir Singh, 60, Chander Singh, Seron Bai, Kanto Bai, 45, and Ravinder Kaur, 35 and two minors aged 1 and 12 years. Many of them belonged to Mehmara village in Fatehabad and others from Fatehpur and Reond Kalan village in Punjab's Mansa.

Bodies of Taro Bai, 60, Lakhwinder Kaur, 25, and Jaswinder Singh are yet to be recovered, and rescue teams are conducting operation...