19-year-old dies as rod pierces his neck near a Ganesh mandapam


A 19-year-old boy, Venkateswarlu died when an iron rod slipped off an autorickshaw near a Ganesh mandapam and pierced his neck at Yerraguntla village in Sirivella mandal on Thursday evening.

Venkateswarlu, a native of Peruru village in Rudravaram mandal, went along with his friends to Yerraguntla to see the Ganesh idols installed. His friends rushed him to a private hospital from where he was again shifted to another hospital at Nandyal. But, he died en route. Sirivella Police registered a case.

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