A truck driver and cleaner were swept away while trying to cross a bridge submerged in the flood water. The incident took place at Chikhlapar on Umred Hinganghat road.
The driver tried to cross the bridge on the road from Umred to Hinganghat. The flood water was continuously rising on the bridge, and the employees of the Revenue Department were also present for security arrangements. They even stopped the driver from taking the truck on the bridge. Despite this, the truck driver forcefully started taking his truck on the bridge. Within a blink of an eye, the entire truck was swept away in the strong water flow. The driver and the cleaner present in it also drowned in the water and disappeared.
However, both of them kept calling out for help from the sinking truck. Before people could reach there for help, both of them disappeared in the strong flow of water. On Monday, the local administration including the police are trying to find the bodies of both of them.