The tragic incident took place outside a factory at Indrakaran village in Kandi mandal.
According to Venugopal Reddy, circle inspector, BDL Bhanoor police station, a lorry was reversing from the factory gate when the iron sheets it was carrying slipped due to a bump as it hit a pothole.
The sheets fell on a passing auto-rickshaw in which Saroj Kumar (28), Suraj Kumar (23), Chuttu Bhakta (18) and Sudama (20) were travelling. All were from Assam.
All four died on the spot. Four others who were in the rickshaw were injured.
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