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Seven drown in well

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Press Trust of India Vellore (TN)

members of a family, drowned when their auto rickshaw fell into a 50-feet deep well at a village, about 45 km from here, today.

Ironically, five of the victims, labourers, along with one child, were proceeding to a nearby place for digging a well when they met with the watery grave.

The driver of the overcrowded auto rickshaw was the other deceased in the mishap that occurred when he lost control of the vehicle at Vinayakapuram.

One person swam to safety and had been hospitalised. PTI CORR RC VS RC

  

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First Published: Apr 28 2012 | 3:45 PM IST

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