Muzaffarnagar (UP), Mar 7 (PTI) A 34-year-old school teacher died on Monday when the car she was travelling in plunged into a roadside canal in this district, officials said.

The car was being driven by her brother-in-law who jumped out of the vehicle in the nick of time, they said.

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The accident took place when the woman, Gulbahar, was travelling with her brother-in-law Naved Hasan to her school in Harinagar village from Meerut.

Hasan lost control of the car, causing it to plunge in the roadside Ganga canal near Khatoli, said Sub-Divisional Magistrate Jeet Singh.

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The body and the car were recovered from the canal during an operation.

Hasan escaped with minor injuries, the official said.

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