7 of family die as car plunges into water-filled underpass in Jaipur
PTC News Desk: A family of seven, including two children died after the car they were travelling in fell into a deep, water-filled underpass along the Jaipur Ring Road early Sunday.
"We are probing the case. Prima facia, it appears that the car was speeding and was being drowsily. The driver lost control of the vehicle, which crashed into the divider, slipped through a 20ft-wide passage, falling 16ft below into a water-filled," a police official said.
The victims have been identified as Ram Raj Vaishnav (38) of Sanganer who was driving, his wife Madhu (36), their son Rudra (14 months), Ram's brother-in-law Ashok Vaishnav (47) of Bhilwara, Ashok's wife Seema (48), their son Rohit (30), and Rohit's son Gajraj (6).
Bhilwara district collector Jasmeet Singh Sandhu said that four of the seven people, who died in the accident and hail from Phulia Kalan in Shahpura, were enrolled in the Chief Minister's Ayushman Health Scheme and would receive financial assistance of Rs 5 lakh each. The others who died will receive assistance from the Chief Minister's Relief Fund if they are not registered under the health scheme, he said. Phulia Kalan tehsildar has been dispatched to Jaipur to monitor the situation.
- PTC NEWS
