Hyderabad:
Four persons were killed and one was injured when the tractor they were travelling in was hit by a lorry in Andhra Pradesh's Mahabubnagar district in the wee hours today, police said.
The mishap occurred in the Manopad police station limits around 2 am.
The lorry, while trying to overtake the tractor, hit it from the rear side, resulting in a boiler on the tractor falling on the victims, they said.
In the accident, four agricultural labourers from Kurnool district-- P Venkataramlu (53), B Mallanna (35), Sambasivadu (53) and Ashok (23), died on the spot while another person was injured, police said.
Manopad police were further investigating.
The mishap occurred in the Manopad police station limits around 2 am.
The lorry, while trying to overtake the tractor, hit it from the rear side, resulting in a boiler on the tractor falling on the victims, they said.
In the accident, four agricultural labourers from Kurnool district-- P Venkataramlu (53), B Mallanna (35), Sambasivadu (53) and Ashok (23), died on the spot while another person was injured, police said.
Manopad police were further investigating.
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