SUV falls off pontoon bridge at Kumbh, 1 dies

  • | Tuesday | 19th February, 2019

NDRF personnel also managed to retrieve Mishra’s body after a two-hour search operation The SSP said Tripathi’s statement would be taken. ALLAHABAD: An SUV carrying two men fell off a pontoon bridge into the Ganga killing one of the passengers, on the Kumbh Mela ground late Sunday night.Police said the deceased was identified as Abhyudaya Mishra (20), while his friend Pranjal Tripathi (22) was rescued by National Disaster Response Force (NDRF).SSP (Kumbh) KP Singh said the accident occurred around 2am on pontoon bridge number 15, “The driver lost control on the car and the SUV rammed the railing of the bridge and fell into the river,” he added.The SUV had to be fished out of the river with a crane.

ALLAHABAD: An SUV carrying two men fell off a pontoon bridge into the Ganga killing one of the passengers, on the Kumbh Mela ground late Sunday night.Police said the deceased was identified as Abhyudaya Mishra (20), while his friend Pranjal Tripathi (22) was rescued by National Disaster Response Force (NDRF).SSP (Kumbh) KP Singh said the accident occurred around 2am on pontoon bridge number 15, “The driver lost control on the car and the SUV rammed the railing of the bridge and fell into the river,” he added.The SUV had to be fished out of the river with a crane. NDRF personnel also managed to retrieve Mishra’s body after a two-hour search operation The SSP said Tripathi’s statement would be taken.

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