India, June 13 -- Four persons, three from the same family drowned in Goa's Dudhsagar waterfall on Saturday, police said.

The deceased were identified as Hiranna Mader (22), Ramanna (19) and Laxman Mader (19), and Vijay Sajili (25).

According to police, a group of five boarded Vasco Colem local train at 9am from Vasco da Gama towards Dudhsagar before trekking some distance to the river that flows from the waterfall for a picnic before their colleges reopen next week.

People present on the spot and witnesses said that the five boys went into the river, while only one remained close to the bank. According to witnesses, locals rushed to help, however, by the time the four were retrieved, they were already dead.

"We rushed to the sport an...