Around 100 personnel from the state fire and rescue services and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have engaged in a massive rescue operation to trace Joy, who was caught in a tunnel section of the canal that flows underneath the Central Railway station.
Police with the help of locals rescued the passengers, who were from Hyderabad.
In another road fatality, three motorcyclists died late last night when their bike rammed into a roadside tree near a village in Nayagarh district.
The incident took place on the National Highway-9 on Friday night, according to an official.
According to an irrigation department official, cracks had started developing in the building a couple of days ago. Heavy monsoon rain yesterday further affected the stability of the foundation, exposed by the canal excavation, the official added.
Officials said part of the bridge collapsed as the express train went over, sending five cars crashing to the ground, with one of them landing in the water.
The car plunged into the canal at Kedimedu, after the driver lost control of it, police said.
Sanjay Alwi, who was in an inebriated condition, allegedly threw his son in the Agra Canal as he was crying and demanding momos.
Two sisters drowned, and their cousin rescued, after the three went for a swim at a canal near the Pirbaba…
A man has been arrested for allegedly strangulating his wife to death and throwing her body into a canal in…
