Primary and Secondary Education Minister Kimmane Ratnakar was travelling from his home town Theerthahalli to Bangalore in his official vehicle escorted by a police van yesterday when a car overtook them on a rain drenched road.
Shortly thereafter, Ratnakar said they noticed the same car carrying seven persons, including two women and a one-year child, sinking in a tank with one occupant flailing her arms from the window, at which they stopped their vehicle.
Incidentally, none of the five personnel in the minister's police escort knew swimming.
The Minister said it was sheer luck of the travellers and praised his driver for his brave effort. Chandru said the almighty saved their lives through his hand.
The Minister took all the seven persons who were slightly injured in his car to Theerthahlli and helped them get first aid at a government hospital.
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