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Monday’s accident was the third such case when a vehicle fell into the river, after breaking a pontoon bridge railing. “The driver lost control on the SUV which rammed the railing of the bridge and fell into the river,” he added. On being alerted, a 15-member NDRF team rushed to the spot and rescued Tripathi from the river. Singh said that SUV was pulled out of the river with the help of a crane. Mishra and Tripathi were residents of Baihrana and Handia, respectively.SSP (Kumbh) KP Singh said that the accident occurred around 2am when Mishra and Tripathi were driving on pontoon bridge number 15..