Click to play videoJodhpur: Five members of a family were trapped in an overflowing river for eight hours in Rajsthan.
They were swept away, one by one, while an entire town and the government machinery watched.
The incident occurred on Saturday near Falna town. The car in which the family was travelling was trapped in the overflowing River Khari.
The car was on a bridge which was submerged in three feet water.
Within seconds, the level rose and the car submerged completely, according to eyewitnesses. The passengers climbed atop the car and began screaming for help.
The tragedy was complete in eight hours when the members were swept away, one after the other.
Among those looking on was Rajasthan Forest Minister Laxmi Narayan Dave.
According to eyewitnesses, two soldiers jumped into the river to try and help the family but the intensity of the river was such that one of the soldiers also got swept away.
Two of the dead bodies were recovered from a farm in the Ahore vilage in Jalore district in a decomposed condition.
The other three bodies had been recovered earlier in the day.
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