Mangaluru, Dec 10: In what could have been a major tragedy, a car plunged into the River Phalguni near Malavoor vented dam, off Airport Road on the outskirts of the city on Sunday.
Including the driver, there were two female college students were there on board the ill-fated car. Both of them had a narrow escape in the tragedy.
According to the police, the girls were on their way from Bajpe to Mangaluru after dropping the mother of one of them at the airport. Since the vented dam was a tourist attraction, they drove the car to the dam on the kutcha road.
While attempting to reverse the car for their return, the girl driving the car lost control over the vehicle and it plunged into the river, downstream the vented dam.
Two passers-by, who saw the car going into the river, immediately rushed to the spot and rescued the girls, the police said.
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A very sad incident
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