Toll in lorry accident in AP rises to 9
The toll in the accident that took place at Peddavanka on the Tamil Nadu-Andhra Pradesh border near Kuppam 150 km from here, rose to nine, the police said today.
The incident took place last night when a speeding lorry laden with mangoes and carrying about 30 farm workers, rolled down into a gorge at Peddavanka forest near Kuppam after the driver lost control of the vehicle while negotiating a curve.
The dead include three women and two boys aged 14 and 16 years, the police said.
The lorry was on its way to Vaniyambadi in Tamil Nadu from Kuppam.
Seven people died on the spot, while two of the injured
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