LUDHIANA: A minimum of six individuals, together with two kids, died and 3 others are reportedly lacking after a pickup truck sporting round 25 folks fell into the Sirhind Canal close to Jagera bridge within the Maloud house on Sunday night time. Native assets stated that the gang of devotees used to be coming back from the Naina Devi temple in neighbouring Himachal Pradesh after providing prayers when the motive force misplaced keep an eye on of the car close to Jagera bridge, inflicting it to plunge into the canal. They added that, within the coincidence, 4 folks — together with two kids and a lady — died, whilst 3 others are nonetheless lacking. An individual on the spot stated {that a} rescue operation is underway to track the lacking individuals. He added that the ones injured had been rushed to hospitals in Dehlon, Payal, and Ludhiana. Ludhiana Deputy Commissioner Himanshu Jain and SSP Khanna Jyoti Yadav had been provide on the web site, tracking the rescue operation. In the meantime, Payal MLA Manwinder Gyaspura advised TOI that the selection of fatalities within the coincidence may exceed seven.Deputy Commissioner Himanshu Jain stated, “General 24 to twenty-five individuals within the car, 22 had been rescued final night time out of which 16 are protected. He added that six individuals have died until now and useless individuals come with two children, 3 ladies and a male. A female and male each and every are lacking and a frame couldn’t be retrieved from the dust.”