Five members of the family hailing from Mettupalayam were taking bath by the riverside at Saramanna when they were caught in a flash flood in the river. Hearing their cries,some villagers, police and fire force personnel tried to rescue them but in vain.
After a while, the head of the family, a 58-year-old-man managed to come ashore but his 43-year-old wife, 28-year-old daughter, three-year-old grand-daughter and two-year-old grandson drowned.
Search is on for the boy's body, while others have been retrieved, they said.
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