SIALKOT: Four people, including three of a family, were feared drowned when their car plunged into the Bambaanwala-Ravi-Badian (BRB) Canal near Daska on Sunday.

The Siraanwali-Satrah-based family was travelling in a rented car which plunged into the canal near village Salhoki.

Car passengers including Saiqa Bibi, 42, three-month-old Shan, one-year-old Shifa Bibi, two-year-old Ali, Abbas, 20, and driver Nadeem drowned.

Passersby saved Shifa and Ali while the divers of Rescue 1122 were searching for the remaining passengers and the driver.

They were facing difficulties in the operation due to a strong current of the water.

Published in Dawn, July 22nd , 2014