Five persons, including three women, were killed and four others injured when the tractor-trolley they were travelling in turned upside down at Ashok Nagar village in Khanapur mandal of Warangal district on Wednesday.
The incident took place at around 11.30 a.m. when the driver of the tractor-trolley reportedly lost control of the vehicle while negotiating a narrow curve on a bund of the village tank, causing it to overturn and plunge into a ditch, sources said.
Three occupants of the trolley died instantly and two others, who suffered grievous injuries, died soon after being hospitalised. The remaining four injured persons were admitted to the Government Area Hospital in Narsampet.
