Four killed as tractor carrying electric poles overturns

At least four people were killed and two others injured seriously when the tractor they were travelling in overturned in Raichur district today, police said.

The victims were labourers who were transporting electrical poles from Sasalamari camp to Sindanur when the tractor overturned, they said.

It is said that all the poles were kept on one side of the vehicle due to which the mishap occurred.

The injured have been hospitalised, police said.