A woman worker was killed on the spot and 11 others sustained injuries when a jeep in which they travelling skidded off the road and plunged into a stream after hitting a culvert on the National Highway-30 at Maddigudem village in Chintoor Agency in Polavaram district on Sunday.

The accident occurred when the 13 individuals, including 12 agriculture workers, were returning to Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh, after working in the chilli fields in the Andhra Pradesh-Telangana border. 

Chintoor sub-inspector P. Ramesh told The Hindu; “The deceased woman has been identified as Madakam Paike. The 11 injured workers have been sent to the Government Hospital at Bhadrachalam, in Telangana.”

The police have registered a case and investigation is on.


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