A three-year-old boy, who accompanied his father who was fetching water from a nearby tank on a bullock cart, was crushed to death under the cart wheel when he slipped and fell down, in Midthur in Kurnool district on Wednesday.
Water scarcity
Owing to acute drinking water scarcity, villagers of Midthur have been fetching water from a tank near the village in drums placed on bullock carts.
When Marla Srinivasulu went on his bullock cart to fetch water, his son Mahidhar accompanied him.
En route, the boy slipped and was run over by the cart wheel. He died on the spt.