Kothagudem: Lucky escape for driver as coal tipper rams auto-rickshaw

The tipper, coming from Sathupalli to Kothagudem with a load of coal, rammed the auto as the driver lost control of the vehicle

Khammam: An auto-rickshaw driver had a narrow escape after a coal tipper rammed the vehicle, crushing it into a mangled heap, in Kothagudem district on Saturday.

The incident occurred at Rudrampur on the Kothagudem-Vijayawada national highway. The tipper, coming from Sathupalli to Kothagudem with a load of coal, rammed the auto as the driver lost control of the vehicle.

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The auto driver, Jafar, sustained minor injuries in the incident. Besides the auto, a two-wheeler parked by the side of the road was also damaged in the incident. As coal fell onto the road, traffic flow came to a halt.

In another accident at Pinapaka Bridge area in Wyra mandal in Khammam district, three farm labourers were injured as a tractor trolley overturned after a tyre burst.

As many as 11 labourers of Poddutur village in Konijerla mandal were travelling in the trolley when the incident occurred.