Suryapet :One labourer killed, 15 others injured as tractor overturns

Athmakur (S) ( Suryapet): One woman labourer was killed and 15 others injured in a road accident at Apur village of Athmakur (S) mandal in the district on Tuesday evening.

The deceased was identified as B Lingamma (60), an agriculture. According to police, the death was caused due to overturning of the tractor in which the labourers were travelling. The tractor overturned while escaping two vehicles coming in opposite direction.

According to Athmakur ( S) SI Balu Naik , on Monday morning , as many as 35 agriculture labor of Athmakur ( S) mandal went to Machenepally of Nutankal mandal in the district to pluck chillis in an agriculture land and the tractor in which they were travelling was overturned at Apur while returning home in the evening. All the 15 injured were shifted to the Government Area Hospital in Suryapet for treatment.