Close shave for 3 friends after fog causes car to veer off damaged bridge

LUCKNOW Three friends had a narrow escape when the car they were travelling in fell into a canal from a partially damaged bridge in Bareilly amid dense fog while navigating their way through GPS towards Pilibhit on their way to Kanpur on Tuesday morning, said police. ASP, Bareilly, Manush Pareek informed that the incident took place when the car riders took a shortcut to Pilibhit through rural areas via Barkapur intersection shown on the GPS navigator around 6am. “The car plunged into the canal as we failed to notice the damaged bridge due to low visibility,” he said, adding, “I somehow managed to come out of the toppled car and then pulled out my friends before informing the police. The police team later arranged a crane to pull out the car.” In a tragic incident in Bareilly on November 25, three individuals lost their lives after their car, misdirected by GPS, veered off an under-construction bridge and plunged into the Ramganga river.