Five killed in wall collapse in Telangana’s Gadwal district
The Hindu
Five of them died on the spot, while two other children escaped with minor injuries
A couple and their three minor children were killed after a house wall collapsed at Kothapally village in Aizaw mandal of Jogulamba-Gadwal district on the intervening night of October 9 and October 10.
Five of them died on the spot, while two other children escaped with minor injuries. The victims are Puddeddula Mosha, 40, his wife Shanthamma, 35, and their children, Charan, 11, Teja, 9, and Ramu, 7. The wounded kids, Sneha, 5, and Chinna, 4, were rushed to a nearby hospital for immediate medical assistance.
Speaking to The Hindu, district Superintendent of Police Ranjan Ratan Kumar said that a partition wall inside the family's hut weakened and collapsed in the wee hours of October 10, burying all of them under the debris. “They were sleeping adjacent to the wall,” he said.