Four killed, three injured as tractor-trolley turns turtle in Telangana

Four people including a woman died and three others were injured after the tractor-trolley they were traveling on a turned turtle in Khammam district, police said on Sunday.

The incident happened in Mudigonda Mandal at around 11 PM on Saturday when a group of devotees was proceeding for immersion of Durga Devi idol in a river, they said.

''It was raining heavily in the area when the incident happened. When the tractor driver tried to apply brake it seems the tractor-trolley got skid and he lost control over the steering as the vehicle tilted to its left and turned turtle in a roadside paddy field,'' a senior police official told PTI over the phone.

Four people including a woman died in the mishap while three others, who suffered minor injuries were shifted to a nearby hospital, the official said adding the Devi idol was in another tractor while the group of devotees were following it and the incident happened before immersion of the idol.

A case was registered.

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