Nine agriculture workers electrocuted as tractor rams into electric poll in AP
Ongole/UNI: In a ghastly road accident, nine agriculture workers, including 7 women, were electrocuted when the tractor-trailer on which they were returning from the fields, rammed into a high tension electric poll at Raparla village in Andhra Pradesh on Thursday.
Police said that as many as 15 agriculture labourers went to the fields for harvesting of chill produce from Kongalavagu and Malapalle villages.
When they were turning after completing harvest this evening, the tractor on which they were travelling, rammed a high tension electric poll, resulting into the high tension wire got snapped and fell on them.
As many as 9 persons, including two teenage girls, were electrocuted and died instantaneously. Two persons including woman and the driver of the tractor were injured in the accident.
The deceased were identified as P Kameshwaramma (50), N Lakshmam (65), K Rama Devi (55), K Kumari (45), K Devisri (17), G Ravi Shanker (20), K Shiva (17) K Mounika (18), and K Amulya (18).
The tractor driver and another women critically injured and they were admitted to the RIMS hospital.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Redddy expressed shock and grief over the incident. He asked the officials about the incident.
The state Governor Biswa Bhusan Harichandan also expressed shock and dismay at the accident.
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