A car parked near Nimtala Ghat in Kolkata rolled into the Hooghly on Thursday morning, injuring four street-dwellers asleep nearby.
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Locals in the area had spotted the white Wagon-R after it had travelled quite a distance into the river and alerted the cops.
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Police sources said the owner of the vehicle and his mother were offering prayers at the Bhootnath temple when the incident took place.
Nearby residents in the habit of taking a dip early morning at the Nimtala Ghat spotted the car in the middle of the river and alerted the traffic guard and the Jorebagan police station.
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“Had the passengers been inside the car it would have been a major disaster. We suspect the handbrake was not used. The matter is being probed. The injured have been sent to the hospital,” said a police officer.
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One of the injured, a woman, was discharged after first-aid.
Efforts are on to get the vehicle back to the riverbank.