Five agriculture labourers from Guddampalli in Tadimarri mandal of Sri Sathya Sai district were burnt alive and two others suffered injuries when an 11-KV High Tension live electric wire snapped at the insulator near a pole and fell on an autorickshaw carrying 11 women passengers besides the driver, on Thursday morning.
The incident took place at 7 a.m. when the 11, farm labourers from Guddampalli and close relatives, were on their way to Chillakondaiahpalli to work in a sweet lime farm.
Five of them were electrocuted and charred. One woman K. Gayathri suffered serious burns while the driver Talari Pothulaiah received minor injuries. The other five escaped unhurt. The vehicle was travelling on a kutcha road along with two other vehicles which crossed the same spot minutes before.