Four Killed, Several Injured in Jagtial Tractor-Trolley Crash
The victims were farm labourers returning from a turmeric harvest, with police probing the cause.
Overview
- The crash occurred Tuesday evening near Mogilipet village in Mallapur mandal, Jagtial district.
- A tractor-trolley carrying agricultural workers plunged into a roadside ditch and overturned while they were returning from fields in Rathnapur.
- The deceased were identified as Sayamma, 35, Lalitha, 42, Gangu, 45, and Vaishnavi, 13.
- About eight to ten others were injured and are receiving treatment at Metpally Government Hospital.
- Police moved the bodies for post-mortem and opened an inquiry after initial accounts said the driver reportedly lost control.