4 children, 3 women among 10 killed in accident

By Our Staff Reporter

ELURU, APRIL 28. Ten persons, including four children and three women, died as a truck overturned on the NH-5, near Dendulur between Eluru and Tadepalligudem in West Godavari district, around midnight on Thursday. Eleven others were hurt in the accident. Six of the deceased were farm labourers from Choudintivalasa village in Dathirajeru mandal of Vizianagaram district and four were from a fruit vendor's family in Vuyyur of Krishna district.

The mishap occurred when the driver of the truck, which was going from Vijayawada to Vizianaragam with a load of packaged salt bags, applied sudden brake at a narrow bridge. The lorry overturned burying the passengers under the salt bags. Twentyfour persons were travelling in the lorry with some of them occupying the cabin and a majority being perched on salt bags in the trolley.

Those seated in the cabin escaped with injuries while those occupying the trolley bore the brunt. The deceased were identified as Kiladi Martha (20), Kiladi Lakshmiaiah (40), Suragala Apparao (10), Kiladi Veeraiah (40), Kiladi Lakshimi (35), Kiladi Jyothi (7), all belonging to Scheduled Castes from Vizianagaram district; Dabbada Ramadevi (25), Dabbada Sai (4), Dabbada Bhargavi (5) and Ijjada Ramana (20), all from Vuyyur.

The injured were shifted to the Government Hospital here. One woman suffered multiple fractures and another received head injuries. According to reports, the farm labourers who migrated to Krishna district for work were on their way back home and boarded the lorry at Hanuman Junction. The fruit vendor's family from Vuyyur, which was on a pilgrimage to Annavaram in East Godavari district, boarded the lorry at Vijayawada. The police took into custody the cleaner of the vehicle. Patsa Venkata Satyanaidu.

The District Collector, Mrs. Poonam Malakondaiah, the Joint Collector, Mr. M. Subramanyam, the Superintendent of Police, Mr. Kripanand Tripathi Ujela, and the ASP, Mr. Mahesh M. Bhagwat, visited the spot and supervised relief operations. The injured were granted an ex-gratia of Rs. 1000 in the case of adults and Rs. 500 for children. Two senior officers were deputed to provide relief to the injured at the hospital and help the relatives transport the bodies.

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