Three women farm workers and a 13-year-old girl died late on Tuesday evening when the tractor-trailer carrying them plunged into a roadside ditch at Mogilipet village in Mallapur mandal of Jagtial district. Around eight other passengers on the tractor were injured in the shocking accident.
According to sources, the accident occurred when the tractor-trolley fell into a ditch along the road before turning turtle on the outskirts of Mogilipet around 6.45 pm.
The tractor driver allegedly lost control and the vehicle fell into a ditch.
Death was instant for the four occupants of the tractor-trailer. The deceased were identified as Sayamma, 35, Lalitha, 42, Gangu, 45, and Vaishnavi, 13. They reportedly belonged to Mogilipet.
The injured farm laborers were taken to the hospital in Metpalli by the police.
The agricultural laborers were returning to their village on a tractor cart after harvesting turmeric in an agricultural field in Rathnapur village when the accident occurred.
Published – 03 Feb 2026 21:02 IST
