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Uttar Pradesh: Five killed in road accident in Meerut

Meerut, May 25 (UNI) Five members of a family including two children were drowned when a SUV fell in the Ganga canal near Jatpura village on Saturday.

According to police, a family of 10 from Gurugram was going to Haridwar when at around 0500 hours, the driver of the car lost control over his vehicle and it fell in the Gang canal.

Local villagers rushed to the spot and rescued five people from the SUV but five got drowned in the accident.

The deceased were identified as Anshu Gupta (8), Ashutosh Gupta (5), Rinki (25), Sandeep Gupta (30) and driver Vikki Yadav.

All the rescued were women.

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