Migrant worker dies of sunstroke in Telangana after treading 300 km
Hyderabad: A 21-year-old migrant worker collapsed and died, apparently due to sunstroke at Bhadrachalam after walking 300 km from here with three friends, to try and reach Odisha in view of the COVID-19 lockdown.
The group had set out on foot from Hyderabad on Sunday and were on their way to Malkangiri district in Odisha, officials said. When they reached Bhadrachalam on Tuesday, the man complained of chest pain, vomited and collapsed on the road.
His friends informed police, who rushed him to the area hospital at Bhadrachalam, where he was declared brought dead. The doctors at the hospital said they suspected he might have died of sunstroke as his skin and mouth was dry.
They quoted his frends as saying that none of them had eaten anything since Monday afternoon. Officials later informed the man's family members and arranged for a vehicle to take the body to Malkangiri.
The distance from Hyderabad to Bhadrachalam by road is nearly 310 km.
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Death toll in Mundathikode fireworks explosion rises to 16
Thrissur (Kerala) (PTI): One more person who had been hospitalised following the Mundathikode fireworks explosion died at Thrissur Medical College on Sunday, police said.
With this, the death toll in the incident has risen to 16.
According to Thrissur Medical College police, the deceased has been identified as Unnikrishnan from Edappal, who was among the 38 persons present at the fireworks manufacturing unit in Mundathikode where the explosions occurred on April 21.
Police said Unnikrishnan had suffered over 80 per cent burns and had remained in critical condition.
The condition of the two other injured persons remains critical, police said.
Of the 38 persons present at the site, 16 have died, while four remain missing.
The fireworks were being manufactured for Thiruvambady Devaswom as part of the Thrissur Pooram festivities.
The licensee of the unit had also suffered burn injuries and had died earlier.
