2 Kerala doctors die as car falls into river, were using Google map amid heavy rain

Kerala,Octo 2 :  Two doctors died and three others were injured on Sunday when a car they were travelling in plunged into the Periyar river in Kerala’s Kochi, police said. The injured were shifted to a nearby hospital.

Advaith, 29, and Ajmal, 29, both working at a private hospital in the district, died in the accident that occurred at around 12.30 AM. They were returning to Kodungallur and reportedly using Google Map to navigate. Mistaking the river to be a waterlogged road, they drove ahead and the car started to sink as both Advaith and Ajmal couldn’t come out while the other three came out injured.

The locals rushed to the spot to rescue and informed the fire service personnel and police. The authorities also sent a scuba diving team to the spot to recover the bodies.

Three people were rescued from the car by locals and fire service officials. However, they were discharged from the hospital after immediate care.

“The visibility was very low at the time due to heavy rain. They were following a route shown by the Google map. But it seems like instead of taking a left turn as suggested by the maps, they mistakenly went forward and fell into the river,” the police said as quoted by news agency PTI.

-PTI