Migrant worker from Andhra Pradesh dies as tractor trolley collapses on him in Mancherial

A 59-year-old migrant worker from Andhra Pradesh died in Mancherial after a tractor trolley collapsed on him due to hydraulic pump failure while he was loading mango tree trunks. The body was sent for post-mortem, and police have registered a case.

Mancherial: A 59-year-old migrant worker died on the spot after being trapped between the trolley and chassis of a tractor when its hydraulic pump failed at an orchard in Gangaram village in Chennur mandal on Monday night.

Police said Pedakapu Darakonda, a native of Kakinada district in Andhra Pradesh, suffered fatal injuries when the trolley suddenly collapsed on him at around 12.30 pm due to a pump failure. He was loading trunks of mango trees into the trolley at the time.

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Darakonda had been engaged in cutting barren mango trees at a farm near Gangaram village. Police retrieved the body and shifted it to the Chennur government hospital for autopsy. A case has been registered and investigation is on.