Fire and Emergency Services personnel lifting the car from the Visvesvaraya Canal, near B Yarahalli, in Mandya taluk on Monday.
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Mandya: A man had a narrow escape after the car he was driving plunged into Visvesvaraya Canal near B Yarahalli in Mandya taluk in the early hours of Monday.
Krishna, a resident of Kallahalli in Mandya, who was driving the car, escaped unhurt, according to the police.
It is said that the driver lost control of the car on the narrow road, and the vehicle veered off and plunged into the canal, as there was no retaining wall.
Water was flowing in full force in the canal. Krishna, however, managed to open the door of the car and swim to safety.
Fire and Emergency Services personnel later lifted the car that was submerged in the water.
The incident was reported in the Mandya Rural police station limits