Four youth die after car falls in Mathura canal
Agra, Feb. 20 -- Four youths in their early 20s died after the car they were travelling in, fell into a canal in Mathura district on Wednesday night. Three of them were from village Mahawan of Mathura district. They were going to Deeg town in Rajasthan to attend a marriage.
Suresh Chandra Rawat, superintendent of police (rural), Mathura, said that the tragic incident took place at a canal near village Nagla Devaria within the limits of Mogarra police station of Mathura on Wednesday night.
"The car they were travelling in seems to have lost balance and fell into the canal. Locals brought out the car and informed the police but by the time the occupants of the car were brought out, all four were dead," said the SP rural.
The deceased were identified as Mohit, 23, Amit, 22 and Rahul, all three from Mahawan area of Mathura. Mohit and Amit were law students and were accompanied by their friend Gullu from Faridabad.
It rained lightly on Wednesday night in the region which might have led to the road getting slippery and the mishap happening.
A vegetable oil trader, his wife, and their son were killed late on Thursday after their car careened off the road and plunged into a canal near Turukpur village. The family was returning to Bharthana after attending a social function in Dibiyapur when their vehicle veered out of control near the Bundelkhand Expressway.
The victims, identified as Rajiv Gupta, 46, a prominent businessman, his wife Madhu, 42 and their son Shubham, 12, were trapped inside the vehicle as it sank into the deep waters of the canal. Passers-by who witnessed the car disappear beneath the surface immediately alerted the Achhalda police.
A frantic rescue operation was launched, with local villagers joining the police in the dark waters. However, the struggle to reach the submerged car proved difficult. By the time the three occupants were pulled from the wreckage and rushed to a nearby hospital, they were declared dead. A JCB machine was eventually brought in to fish the mangled car out of the canal bed.
District magistrate Indramani Tripathi and SP Abhishek Bharti reached the spot to oversee the recovery and conduct an inspection.
Preliminary findings suggest the driver may have lost control on the dark stretch of the road adjacent to the expressway....
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