India, Sept. 14 -- Seven people, including two minors, were killed late on Saturday night after their car veered off an overbridge on the Ring Road and plunged 16 feet into a rainwater-filled underpass near Jaipur's Prahladpura in Rajasthan, police said.

"The accident occurred around 1 am. However, the car was discovered by the locals at 12:30 pm on Sunday. The underpass was under construction and so people had not been travelling there for the last few days. Hence, nobody could probably discover the incident immediately," Shivdaspura station house officer (SHO) Surendra Soni said.

The passengers were returning from Haridwar after completing the last rites of a relative. "The accident happened due to overspeeding, following which it los...