Five members of a family were feared drowned in the Bhakra canal near Anandpur Sahib in Punjab on Saturday.
Police said that the pick-up vehicle in which the family was travelling is believed to have fallen into the canal near Jhijri village, about 90 km from here.
The family, comprising a couple and their three minor children, had left their village in neighbouring Himachal Pradesh on Thursday. The police was informed after they did not reach their destination and could not be contacted on their mobile number.
The police started a search operation on the possible route taken by their vehicle and found signs of an accident near the canal. Divers have been deployed to find the vehicle.
Those feared drowned include Rajpal, 33, his wife Charno Devi, 28, and their three children aged eight, four and three months.
In another accident, at least five people, including a minor, were on Saturday killed and four others injured when a car collided head-on with a van near Kot Karoran village on Bathinda-Amritsar highway near Ferozepur.
The car occupants, who belonged to Mumbai, were going to Amritsar while the van was going towards Faridkot. The deceased were identified as Rupinderpal Singh (60), Gurmeet Kaur (50) and driver Tarsem Singh (34), the police said. Gurnoor Singh (6) and van driver Satnam Singh (35) were two other causalities in the accident, they said.
The injured were admitted to Faridkot Government hospital.