West Godavari: Four Missing, One Rescued After Car Plunges Into Canal
All five were travelling from Ogidi village towards East Godavari district when the accident occurred. Police reached the spot, and rescue operations are underway.
VISAKHAPATNAM: Five students are feared drowned after a car carrying six students plunged into the Narasapuram–Nidadavole canal at Ogidi village in Iragavaram mandal of West Godavari district in the early hours of Sunday. One student managed to escape.
The victims were students of Swarnandhra College, Narasapuram. Police said they had travelled to Peravali in East Godavari district on Saturday to attend a marriage and were returning when the driver allegedly lost control of the car. The vehicle veered off the road and plunged into the canal.
One of the occupants, Matta Santosh of Valluru Thota village in Achanta mandal, managed to escape from the canal.
Police and rescue personnel launched a search operation and retrieved the car from the canal. Four bodies had been recovered, while a search was continuing for the remaining student, Rajaram (17) of Mori, police said.
The deceased were identified as Nagireddy Dushyanth Sai (18) and Pothula Lakshmi Bhanu Vikas (18), both from Mori village in Malikipuram mandal; Nagabathula Teja Sai Surya (19) of Satyavaram village in Penumantra mandal;, who had completed Intermediate; and Veeramallu Sai Venkata Kiran (18) of Chataparru village in Palakollu mandal.
