Kasaragod (Keralam) | Two migrant workers were killed after a tractor-mounted borewell drilling rig overturned onto a house at Varakkad in West Eleri here in the early hours of Saturday, police said.
The deceased were identified as Devender, a native of Madhya Pradesh, and Manasar, a native of Chhattisgarh.
The accident occurred at around 2 am when the tractor, fitted with a borewell drilling machine, reportedly lost control while descending a steep slope and overturned onto the house, police said.
The house belongs to Paul Francis, who had rented it out to Jayson and his family.
The family had a narrow escape as they were sleeping on the floor in the hall at the time of the accident.
The drilling machine mounted on the tractor came to rest on the plinth of the house, preventing the vehicle from crashing through the walls into the interior, police said.
Locals rushed to the spot following the accident and shifted the two injured workers to a hospital, where they were declared dead, police said.
The stretch has witnessed similar accidents in the past, with a lorry and a jeep overturning at the same spot, police said.
Police suspect the driver may have lost control of the vehicle while negotiating the steep descent.
The house was partially damaged in the accident, police said.
The bodies of the deceased have been shifted to a hospital in Kanhangad and will be handed over to their relatives after postmortem, police added.
