Faridabad, March 8 -- Two children drowned when their bike along with their parents and another sibling fell into a drain in Faridabad on Thursday night, police said on Friday, adding that the others were rescued.

The accident took place near Tigaon bridge on Ballabgarh bypass road, where ongoing road construction has blocked part of the way, forcing commuters to use a poorly maintained stretch with a narrow footpath. The victims, too, were on this stretch and lost balance of the bike, plunging into the drain.

Dataram (single name), a resident of Rajiv Colony, was returning home from a wedding in Tigaon on his motorcycle, along with his wife Rajni and their three children - Sakshi, 8, Meenakshi, 6, and Nikhil, 4. As they reached the str...