Team News Riveting
Kota (Rajasthan), February 20
Nine people including the groom were killed when a car carrying a marriage party fell into the Chambal River in Kota district of Rajasthan on Sunday.
The party was travelling to Madhya Pradesh for marriage. The incident took place in the Nayapura police station area early in the morning when the driver lost control over the steering and it fell into the river from a bridge, Superintendent of Police (city) Kesar Singh Shekhawat said.
He said police received information about the incident around 7.50 am. Soon after, the rescue operation was launched.
So far, seven bodies were pulled out from the car that had plunged seven-eight foot deep into the water. Two more bodies were recovered later, Shekhawat said.
The marriage party was travelling from Chauth Ka Barwada village in Rajasthan’s Sawai Madhopur district to Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh.
