2 children were crushed to death when a wall collapsed on them while they were asleep on Tuesday night at Gattu Palli village in the Ranga Reddy district.
2 children were crushed to death when a wall collapsed on them while they were asleep on Tuesday night, at Gattu Palli village, in the Ranga Reddy district.
According to Inspector Chandrasekhar, the victims were identified as Satish (6), son of Malaiah, a resident of Gattupalli village, and Chinnamma (4), daughter of Venkataiah, a resident of Shivampet mandal in Medak district.
The children were sleeping in Malaiah's hut, when the wall of the neighbouring building, which was soaked due to the intermittent rains that had lashed the area, collapsed.
The debris smashed through the thatched hut, and crushed the sleeping children.
Incidentally, Venkataiah, who was on a visit to his brother Malaiah, had stayed overnight since it was raining heavily.
The distraught parents tried to save their children's lives by removing the debris, but to no avail. The children had died on the spot.
The police has registered a case, and has shifted the bodies to a hospital for postmortem. (INN)