GAUR, August 13: Six persons were drowned as the vehicle that was carrying them was submerged in the flooding river in Rauthat.
The vehicle with Indian plate was taking a pregnant woman to a delivery room.
The pregnant woman along with those who were accompanying her were killed after the vehicle was submerged in Rajpur Farhadawa-based Lal Bakaiya river.
The deceased have been identified as Chandan Kishor Yadav, Saroj Kumar Yadav, and Chandan’s mother, wife and daughter. The incident took place at 4 am today, according to a local Satrughan Singh.