Nine labourers were killed and 10 injured when a mango-laden truck overturned in Andhra Pradesh’s Annamayya district. The victims, sitting atop the load, were crushed when the vehicle toppled on a lake bund. A shortfall in safety measures is suspected.
Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday announced a financial assistance of Rs 5 lakh each to the kin of the deceased, according to a statement issued by his office.