One woman laborer was dead, others injured in an accident at Apur village

One woman laborer was dead and 15 others wounded in a road collision at Apur village of Athmakur Mandal in the region on Tuesday night. The dead were recognized as B Lingamma (60), agriculture. According to police, the death was caused due to overturning of the tractor in which the laborers were traveling. The tractor overturned while escaping two vehicles coming in the opposite direction. According to Athmakur ( S) SI Balu Naik, on Monday morning, as many as 35 agriculture labors of Athmakur ( S) Mandal went to Machenepally of Nutankal Mandal in the district to pluck chillis in an agriculture land and the tractor in which they were traveling was overturned at Apur while returning home in the evening. All the 15 injured were shifted to the Government Area Hospital in Suryapet for treatment.