India, July 12 -- Three members of a family from Vaishali, including a 10-year-old child, were killed and two others injured after their car plunged into the Sone canal in Patna's Ranitalab area on Saturday, police said.

The family, residents of Mahua village, were returning from Chhattisgarh.

"The accident took place around 4.30 am near Saraiya village. The their car veered off the road and plunged into a canal claiming three lives," superintendent of police (West) Bhanu Pratap Singh said.

The Ranitalab police station was alerted around 5 am. "On getting information, a police team was dispatched to the spot, where cops with the help of locals managed to retrieve the car with the help of a JCB machine," an officer said.

The deceased w...