Friends Gulshad Mumtaz Ali Sheikh (right) and Irfan Shahnawaz Khan were both in their late 30s; (R) Kin of Gulshad and Irfan, who died of suffocation in a car that was trapped in a flooded subway, lament the loss

Victims, who were on their way home, could not open the doors or break glass.All claims of railways were washed out when local train services slowed to a frustrating crawl on Monday. Over 200 Central Railway (CR) and Western Railway (WR) services were cancelled altogether or midway through their journey and several others were delayed due to water-logging on tracks.Two friends who were travelling in a Scorpio died after their car drowned in a waterlogged subway in Malad on Monday night. The victims could not open the doors or break the glass and suffocated to death.Police have registered an accidental death report and are investigating the matter.The victims have been identified as Gulshad Mumtaz Ali Sheikh and Irfan Shahnawaz Khan, both in their late 30s.According to the police, the incident took place when they were returning to their respective homes in Koknipada and Pathanwadi in Malad.Irfan was driving the vehicle when around 11.30 pm the vehicle got stuck in the waterlogged subway.Locals said there was more 10 feet of water on the road and without knowing the depth, they drove into it. As it was nearly midnight, not many people were out on the roads due to the rain. People only realised at 4 am that a car was stuck under the water. The locals pulled them out and took them to the nearest hospital, where they were declared brought dead.“They tried a lot to come out of the vehicle. However, their efforts went in vain. They even attempted to break the glass with the key and called many people, including friends and police control room, to rescue them. But the time help arrived it was too late,” said Tabrej S, a friend of Irfan.“Irfan worked as a driver and it was his employer's car. He is survived by a wife and five children,” he added.“They die because of the negligence of the authorities. Nobody came to help. Only the local people were scrambling for help,” Gulshad's brother Irfan Sheikh told Mirror.Local activist Pamela Baig, who was Irfan's foster mother, said after an acquaintance alerted her on the phone, she went to the site. "The fire brigade had been called but they did not have a rope. Officials were scared to enter the water due to the risk of electrocution. There was darkness. Finally, a boat was pressed into service. A local resident spotted the car. They had to break the glass of the vehicle. Around 4 am the bodies of the two friends were removed from the vehicle," Baig said.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Here’s what to do if you ever find yourself trapped in a car with no tools to help you escape♦ Take your headrest off of the back of the seat♦ Push one of the pegs from the headrest attachment down into the space where your window retracts, just where the seal is.♦ Jam it down in there a few inches.♦ Pull the headrest towards you.Doing this flexes the window glass laterally, and the result is a break, usually at the other end of the window.