Four killed, two injured as tractor trolley turns turtle
Raichuru, June 10: Four labourers were killed on the spot and two others sustained injuries when electric poles -laden trolley of a tractor turned turtle after separating from the engine at Sindhanur police station limits in the district on Sunday.
The victims were identified as labourers Nagaraj, Sharanappa, Ramesh and Mallikarjun of Sulekal village. Two other sustained serious injuries and battling for life, according to police.
The incident occurred when the engine of the tractor carrying electric poles was separated from the trolley at the cross of Sripuram junction. As a result, the electric poles fell on the labourers who were sitting on the electric poles. Three persons died on the spot and another died on the way to hospital.
Injured workers were admitted to Ballary VIMS hospital for treatment. The bodies were kept for post mortem at Sindhanur hospital.
Police officers visited the spot and inspected the accident. A case was registered at Sindhanur police station and investigating it.
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UP: Misled by GPS navigation, car falls into river from partially constructed bridge, 3 dead
Bareilly (UP), Nov 24: Three people died when their car fell into the Ramganga river from a partially constructed bridge here on Sunday, police said, adding that they suspect the driver was misled by its navigation system into taking the unsafe route.
The accident occurred around 10 am on the Khalpur-Dataganj road when the victims were travelling from Bareilly to Dataganj in the Badaun district, they said.
"Earlier this year, floods had caused the front portion of the bridge to collapse into the river, but this change had not been updated in the system," Circle Officer Ashutosh Shivam said.
The driver was using a navigation system and did not realise that the bridge was unsafe, driving the car off the damaged section, the police said.
There were no safety barriers or warning signs on the approach to the damaged bridge, leading to the fatal accident, Shivam said.
Upon receiving information, police teams from Faridpur, Bareilly and Dataganj police station rushed to the spot. They recovered the vehicle and the bodies from the river, Shivam added.
The circle officer said that bodies had been sent for post-mortem. Further investigation into the matter is underway.
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