Cong, TDP workers injured in collision

Thirty people were injured when two tractors carrying supporters of Congress and TDP candidates collided.

Thirty people were injured, two of them seriously, when two tractors carrying supporters of Congress and TDP candidates collided at Kothakonda village of Karimnagar district in Andhra Pradesh on Saturday.

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Police said Saturday being the last day for filing of nominations, Congress and TDP workers started in two tractors to be present at the time of filing of nominations by their leaders from Katkur village in Bhimadevarapalli Mandal.

After the tractors crossed Kothakonda village, the driver of the tractor carrying Congress workers tried to overtake the one carrying TDP workers resulting in the mishap.

The seriously injured were transferred to the Warangal MGM Hospital while the rest were admitted to a private hospital in Mulkanur.