Students on Jolly drive lost control drove into lake no casualties

Dr B Thomas (Special correspondent)

 

A group of six college students who were on jolly drive in a SUV have lost control and drove into a lake near Anekal on Friday morning.There were no casualties reported in the incident.

Senior officer said preliminary investigation,that students were driving in a SUV.When they were riding on the mud road alongside the Chinnayanapalya lake in Anekal taluk around 11.30 am the student who was driving the SUV lost balance and plunge into the lake.

Passers-by rushed to their help and pull out the students from the vehicle before the vehicle submerged .

The student who was driving the vehicle managed to escape along with one more student while others were there at the spot till the vehicle was pulled out of the lake using a crane.

All six students are alleged to have skipped class and had a party.They are all students of a private college in Hullahalli.

We suspect that the students were under the influence of alcohol.But they claim that they were on the way to the college.

So far no one has filed a complaint about the incident,we will trace the student who was driving the SUV and subject him to medical examination as part legal action to be taken,a police officer, said .