A 40-year-old man was fatally knocked down near Avadanapatty lake on Krishnagiri-Dharmapuri national highway on Monday. Radhakrishnan, a tractor driver, and a resident of Pochampalli, was returning after taking his tractor for service at the time of the accident. According to the police, the tractor was hit by a car from behind, and Radhakrishnan was thrown off the tractor. The tractor’s wheel ran over him. He was rushed to Krishnagiri GH and later referred to a private hospital in Bengaluru, where he died