Driver dies after falling under wheels of own tractor in Telangana’s Meenavolu village

He lost control of the vehicle as it rammed a heap of soil by the side of the road

Khammam: A tractor driver died as he came under the vehicle’s tyre which he was driving at Meenavolu village of Yerrupalem mandal in the district on Monday.

V Lakshmaiah (45) of Mylavaram in NTR district of Andhra Pradesh, was going to Madhira from Yerrupalem. He lost control of the vehicle as it rammed a heap of soil by the side of the road, resulting in his being thrown off the driving seat even as the vehicle kept moving.

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Lakshmaiah came under the wheels of the same tractor trolley and died on the spot, police said.

Local SI Venkatesh booked a case in connection with the incident.