SWABI: Five persons of a family were killed and nine others were rescued when a rickshaw fell into the Gohati Canal here on Monday.

A Rescue 1122 official said 14 people of a family, including women and children, were travelling in the rickshaw from Bakar village to Gohati area when the three-wheeler skidded off the road and plunged into the canal.

Eyewitnesses said the rickshaw was going at a high speed near Bakar Chowk when the driver lost control over it. As a result, the rickshaw plunged into the canal.

Local divers rushed to the spot soon after the incident and rescued five people before rescue teams could reach the spot. The rescue teams rescued three people from the canal.

Four people were shifted to Bacha Khan Teaching Hospital, where doctors pronounced two women and a child dead.

The rescue official said total nine people were saved. However, he said two people were still missing and search for them was continuing. Local people said the two missing persons were a woman and her son.