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Maharashtra: Six Labourers Die As Tractor Plunges Into Well In Nanded

According to the Nanded Police, due to heavy rain the road was slippery and the tractor's wheels skidded, resulting in the deaths of six people, while two to three others managed to save themselves.

Tractor plunges into well.
Tractor plunges into well. (File photo-Representational image) | Photo: PTI
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Six persons are feared drowned as a tractor carrying farm labourers fell into a well in Maharashtra's Nanded district on Friday morning, police said.

The accident occurred in Alegaon village around 7.30 am, an official from Nanded police said.

"At least 10 persons were on the tractor and were on their way to harvest turmeric at a farm when the vehicle fell into a well. The area was slippery due to rains," he said.

The official said two to three persons saved themselves, while six labourers were feared drowned.

"Rescue efforts are underway, and no bodies have been recovered so far. The well is full, and the tractor could not be spotted," he said, adding that further details were awaited.

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