East Godavari: Seven die after mini truck overturns at Chilaka Pakala
The mini-truck laden with cashew nuts was going from Borrampalem in T Narasapuram Mandal to Tadimalla in Nidadavolu Mandal
By Newsmeter Network Published on 11 Sep 2024 4:54 AM GMT
East Godavari: Seven people were killed when a mini truck in which they were traveling overturned in East Godavari on Wednesday, police said.
The accident occurred in the Chilaka Pakala area of Chinnaigudem in Devarapalli mandal, East Godavari district.
"Seven people died. One person survived. He can speak," East Godavari district superintendent of police Narasimha Kishore told reporters.
The mini-truck laden with cashew nuts was going from Borrampalem in T Narasapuram Mandal to Tadimalla in Nidadavolu Mandal when the driver lost control.
According to police, the people were suffocated to death after being stuck under sacks of cashew nuts.
Locals and police retrieved the bodies from under the sacks and sent them to Kovvuru government hospital for post-mortem.
Deputy CM Pawan Kalyan expressed condolences to the families. He assured that the government would provide adequate support to those families.
