Friend: Couple's Crash Into Harbor Likely A Mistake

PLYMOUTH, Mass. -- A young Plymouth couple was fighting for life in a Boston hospital Thursday after their SUV plunged off a dock into Plymouth Harbor, trapping them inside.

They were reported in critical condition at Boston Medical Center, police said.

Witnesses said Hisha Nagarkoti, 27, and Sunil Gurung, 25, both of Plymouth, got into the car about 10:15 p.m. Wednesday night and then the Jeep Grand Cherokee suddenly plunged into the water.

"I saw two teenagers, a male and a female, come out from the dock, get into the car. The male put it in drive, probably went back, at the most, 5 feet. Put it in drive and at the same time floored the gas and then it just went over and lunged into the water," Justin Lane said.

An employee of the nearby Lobster Pot restaurant said she works with the woman who was the female passenger in the car.

"I mean just can't believe this is happening and we're all devastated," said Trish Parry.

Parry said she has worked with the female passenger for the past five years. It was reportedly her boyfriend who was at the wheel.

"I didn't hear any argument. No fighting, no nothing. My windows were down. But I don't feel that it was an accident," Lane said.

Lane called 911 when he saw the car plunge into the harbor's 12 feet of water. Six police officers and the harbor master arrived at the scene and tried to rescue the couple.

"The vehicle was overturned and in the mud, but both subjects were removed from the rear window," said Plymouth police Capt. Michael Botieri.

Three underwater divers were able to extricate the couple, but they were both underwater for 30 to 40 minutes, officials said, and both were unresponsive.

Sources said both the man and the woman were from Nepal and the woman's legal guardian is a manager at the Lobster Hut, which was closed Thursday.

"She's been there for five or six years. They were just really nice people and I think it was just a driving mistake, you know? Maybe they thought they were in forward and accidentally went backward. And I think that's honestly what happened, I don't think that he would do something like that to her," Anina Secondo said.