2 dead as tipper overturns on them

KALABURAGI: Two people, including a 12-year-old boy, were killed after a tipper overturned after getting stuck in a drain at Wadi in Chittapur taluk on Wednesday night.

The tipper was carrying sand for the construction of a house in Kalakamb Layout. It overturned while reversing to unload the sand as the slab on the drain gave way. Mukund (12) and Saleem (66) were crushed under the truck and died. The Wadi police have registered a case.