Haryana: 8 of family dead as car falls into canal

According to police, the accident occurred when the driver lost control of the vehicle and it plunged into the canal near Mundri village.

Police said a child was still missing and efforts were on to trace him. (Representational image/File)

Tragedy struck a family here when three women and five girls who were heading for a mela on the occasion of Dussehra died when their car plunged into a canal on Saturday.

Police said the driver was rescued but eight other occupants of the car drowned. They said the driver lost control of the car and it plunged into the canal near Mundri village.

The deceased were identified as Satwinder, Chameli, Teejo, Fiza, Komal, Vandana, Riya and Ramandeep. All were residents of Deeg village in Kaithal.

The incident took place when the deceased were heading for Baba Rajpuri Mela on the occasion of Dussehra. Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a post on X, described the accident as heart-rendering and conveyed his condolences to the kin of the victims.

Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini also expressed grief over the deaths.

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