Three women and a teenage girl travelling by a car drowned after their vehicle plunged into a canal at Gamanahalli in Srirangapatna taluk of Mandya district.
The accident took place on Saturday night and the deceased were identified as Mahadevamma, 40, Rekha, 28, Mamatha, 30, and Sanjana, 15. All four women belonged to the same family.
The driver of the car, identified as Manju, son of Mahadevamma, survived the accident and swam to safety. While three of the deceased were from Goravanahalli village, Mahadevamma was from Gamanahalli.