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Nine people, including 2 women and 2 children, were injured erstwhile a tractor rammed into devotees astatine Sabarimala connected Saturday evening. The information of 2 of the injured is reported to beryllium critical.
According to sources, the mishap occurred astir 6.15 p.m. erstwhile a tractor carrying discarded from the Sannidhanam mislaid power portion negotiating a steep descent on the Swami Ayyappan Road. Heavy rainfall astatine the clip is believed to person contributed to the mishap, causing the operator to suffer power of the vehicle.
The tractor operator has been taken into custody by the Sannidhanam police. Preliminary reports indicated that 5 radical were travelling connected the tractor astatine the clip of the accident.
Of the injured, 3 are from Kerala, 4 are natives of Andhra Pradesh and 2 are from Tamil Nadu. Some of those injured were identified arsenic Veera Reddy (30), Nithish Reddy (26), Dhruvansh Reddy (10), Sunitha (65) and Tulasi Amma (60), too Radhakrishnan and Vreeaswami. Of this, the information of Radhakrishnan, a autochthonal of Idukki and Veeraswami, who hails from Tamil Nadu, is said to beryllium critical.
