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In a tragic incident, seven people from two families died after their car fell off the Ring Road into a waterlogged underpass in Rajasthan's Jaipur, police said on Sunday.

The accident occurred in the Shivdaspura police station area near Prahladpura late Saturday night when the car lost control. The victims were returning from Haridwar after performing the last rites of a deceased relative.

The speeding car first hit the divider and then plunged about 16 feet below the Ring Road, officials said. The local residents spotted the mangled vehicle on Sunday by the locals after which the police were alerted.

The police rushed to the spot, and the car was subsequently pulled out with the help of a crane. Shivdaspura SHO Surendra Saini said that all seven passengers were found dead upon the car was pulled out.

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The SHO said, "All seven passengers of the car were found dead inside. The bodies have been sent for post-mortem." The deceased have been identified as Ramraj Vaishnav, a resident of Vatika, Sanganer; his wife Madhu; their son Rudra; Ramraj's relative Kaluram from Kekri, Ajmer; Kaluram's wife Seema; their son Rohit; and Gajraj.

SHO Saini said that the accident appears to have taken place late on Saturday night, though the exact time is not known. "It came to light only on Sunday afternoon when the damaged car was noticed in the underpass," he added.

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Jaipur South DCP said, "At around 12.30 pm, we got information that a car had fallen into the drain near Prahladpuri. Police reached the spot and found that there were seven people in that car: three men, two women, and two children, who were returning from Haridwar. The first impression was that the car fell into the drain due to overspeeding, and all of them had died inside the car."

According to the police, Ramraj used to work as a taxi driver. He had gone to Haridwar with Kaluram and their families for the immersion of the ashes of a deceased relative. They were returning to Jaipur when the accident took place. 

(With PTI Inputs)