After sudden rain, water at the K.R. Circle underpass, where 23-year-old Bhanurekha drowned after being stuck inside a car on Sunday, was about eight-feet deep and the driver could not judge the depth.
“We were travelling back from Cubbon Park. It was raining and when we approached the underpass, I noticed one autorickshaw and one car were heading under it. Yet another auto stopped midway and asked me to go ahead. When I did, within two minutes, the car started floating and water gushed in from both sides and the engine died,” narrated Harisha, the driver of the cab in which Ms. Bhanurekha and her family were travelling.
It was later learnt from the Fire and Emergency Services and the police officials that while Mr. Harisha and other passengers could get out after opening one door, Ms. Bhanurekha could not come out as she was sitting in the rear. For her to get out, the middle seat had to be folded, and by the time they could pull her out, it was too late.
