Two college students drown in river during picnic in Thane
India Today
Two college students drowned after they went to swim in a river during a picnic in Maharashtra's Thane district on Monday.
Two college students drowned in a river while on a picnic in Maharashtra's Thane district on Monday.
As per PTI reports, 12 students had gone for a picnic to Malanggad fort in Ambernath area on Monday. Two of the students went for a swim in the nearby Ambe river but one of them started drowning. Following this, two others from the group jumped into the river to rescue the students drowning. However, they couldn't be saved.
The deceased have been identified as Nikhil Kanojia and Ankit Jaiswal, both aged 17, students of a college in Dombivli town.
In another incident, a 17-year-old fell into a creek from a bridge on Monday night, said Avinash Sawant, Thane Municipal Corporation's regional disaster management cell (RDMC) Chief. The victim was rescued with the help of a boat.
(With inputs from PTI)
