Jaipur, Aug. 27 -- A Bolero SUV with eight persons on board was swept away in the surging Luni river near Balotara, leading to the deaths of three occupants and with two others seriously injured. The ill-fated vehicle was passing through the weir causeway across the in-spate Luni on the outskirts of Balotara today, the police sources said here.
Soon after the report of the incident, the authorities swung into action, with five persons recovered in injured condition in an exhausting rescue operation by local divers and police sleuths.
Later, the bodies of a woman and two children were fished out.
The District Collector Susheel Kumar and Superintendent of Police Ramesh Chandra also rushed to the spot to supervise the rescue operations.
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