POKHARA, Aug 4: Two people died and two others were injured after an Indian-registered car plunged into Phewa Lake in Pokhara.
The car fell into the lake from a road at the Gairichaura turn in Pokhara Metropolitan City-18. According to police, the accident occurred at around 4:50 a.m. Friday when the driver lost control of the vehicle while traveling from Sedi toward Lakeside. The car plunged about 20 meters down the road into the lake.
Police said four people were traveling in the car. Following the accident, a 15-member police team led by Deputy Superintendent of Police Surya Bahadur Bogati from the Baidam Ward Police Office and a 13-member Armed Police Force team led by Assistant Sub-Inspector Sharan Khadka from APF Nepal No. 24 Headquarters Kalika Battalion, Kaski, were deployed. Two people were rescued alive and two others were recovered dead.
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During the initial rescue, 27-year-old Anmol Kumar Yadav and 33-year-old Suraj Yadav, both from Raxaul in Motihari district of Bihar, India, were rescued and taken to Gandaki Medical College for treatment. Kaski Police said both were in moderate condition and able to speak.
At around 5:55 a.m., two more people were rescued unconscious from the water. They were taken to Pokhara Academy of Health Sciences, Western Regional Hospital, where doctors pronounced them dead, police said.
One of the deceased was identified from an Aadhaar card as 26-year-old Navdeep Kumar Yadav of Raxaul, East Champaran district, Bihar, India.
The identity of the other deceased, a man believed to be around 40–45 years old, has not yet been established, police said.
At around 6:20 a.m., the Indian-registered car, bearing registration number BR 05 DB 6759, was pulled out of Phewa Lake with the help of a crane. Police said the vehicle was taken to the Baidam Ward Police Office and kept there.
The accident site is approximately 2 kilometers west of the Baidam Ward Police Office. Police said further investigation into the incident is underway.
