Delhi Family Tragedy: Woman’s ‘Save Me’ Plea Before MP Boat Accident
A Delhi family’s celebratory trip turned tragic in Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur after a cruise boat capsized during a storm. A woman’s desperate video call to her brother moments before the incident has surfaced.
Three members of a Delhi family died in a cruise boat accident in Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur. The woman who died made a video call to her brother, pleading for help before the connection was lost.
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NEW DELHI: A trip to celebrate a housewarming function ended in tragedy for a Delhi family after three of its members died in a cruise boat accident in Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur. A video of one of the deceased has emerged, showing her making a video call to her brother, displaying the scenery before she cried out, “Save me… save me,” before the call disconnected.
The Massey family from Delhi Cantonment had travelled to Jabalpur earlier this week to attend a relative’s housewarming ceremony. They planned to spend an extra day sightseeing before returning home after the event on Tuesday.
On Thursday evening, the family boarded a cruise boat operated by the Madhya Pradesh Tourism Department at the Bargi Dam on the Narmada river. The vessel, carrying approximately 40–43 passengers, was caught in a sudden storm with strong winds and waves, causing it to capsize.
Marina, 39, her four-year-old son Trishan, and her mother Madhur Massey, 62, were among those who died. Marina’s husband Pradeep, their 14-year-old daughter Siya, and her father Julius Massey, 65, survived the incident.
Marina’s brother, Kuldeep Mohan, recalled that the family had been in regular contact and were expected to return to Delhi soon. “My mother, father, sister, her children, and brother-in-law had gone to Jabalpur for a housewarming function. They were to return to Delhi on Thursday and reach by Friday. Instead, they went sightseeing and then this happened,” he told PTI.
He described how the situation unfolded during Marina’s video call. “My sister was on a video call with us, showing us the view and the water. Then suddenly everything changed. She kept crying, ‘Save me… save me…’ and after that the phone disconnected,” he said.
According to him, the family members were on the upper deck when the weather deteriorated rapidly. “The waves started rising, and the cruise became unbalanced. Everyone from the first floor rushed downstairs. The boat was shaking badly, and water began entering. Then, my brother-in-law, Pradeep, hurriedly started searching for life jackets,” he said.
Kuldeep added that Pradeep began distributing life jackets as panic spread among passengers. “Some wore the jackets, while some jumped into the water in fear. Those who jumped were saved by local villagers using ropes and rescue equipment. My father was among those rescued,” he said.
Pradeep, who knew how to swim, managed to save himself and his teenage daughter. However, by the time he tried to locate the others, they had disappeared. “By the time my brother-in-law could look for my sister, her child and my mother, they had gone missing under the ship,” he said.
Relatives have alleged negligence by the boat operators and authorities, claiming that no warning was issued despite a weather alert.
