Guntur (AP), April 25: Atleast ten people including nine women were killed in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh when the tractor on which they were travelling fell into the Nagarjuna Sagar canal this morning, police said.
The mishap took place near Sattenapalle town here when the driver of the tractor carrying 23 farm workers, mostly women, lost control over the vehicle, which overturned before falling into the canal, they said.
So far ten bodies have been recovered. More people are feared drowned, police said.
Three persons have been admitted in hospital and rescue operations with the help of swimmers are on to find missing persons, the police added.
-Agencies