patna at least six children drowned after the suv in which they were travelling fell into a roadside pond at sukhsaina under the tarabari police station area in araria district at around 7am on tuesday tarabari sho mahboob alam said the deceased were identified as uneet kumar 8 naina kumari 6 karan kumar 8 mithun kumar 7 ajay kumar 12 and nitesh rishidev 15 uneet and naina were siblings and all of them belonged to boriyare village under the bounsi police station area in the district he saidthe sho said monu kumar 8 was rescued from the suv which had submerged in the pond mithuns father gireshwar singh 35 who was also in the suv managed to come out on his own he saidthe incident took place when a child suddenly came on the road while plucking mango from a roadside tree the driver applied brakes and lost control of the suv which collided with a tree and fell into the roadside pondthe sho said the children and others were returning after attending a marriage ceremony at chinki village under the kursa kanta police station area in the same district the driver fled from the spot the bodies along with the suv were fished out from the pond he saidgireshwar has submitted a written complaint with the tarabara police station that the accident took place while trying to save a minor who had suddenly come on the road he saidararia dm himanshu sharma said rs4 lakh ex gratia would be paid to the next of kin of every deceased the administration will extent all necessary assistance to the affected families he added