Ten women killed as tractor falls into stream

Hyderabad: Ten women were killed and four people went missing on Monday morning when a tractor carrying agricultural labourers fell into a stream in Andhra Pradesh's Guntur district, police said.

The incident occurred near Sattenpalli in the district, about 350 km from here. Nine people were rescued by local residents and four of them are in a critical condition, police said.

The tractor was carrying 23 agricultural labourers to a nearby village for farm work when the driver lost control and drove into the Nagarjuna Sagar stream, police said.

The district administration with the help of divers launched rescue operations for the four missing people.