Five dead as truck hits tractor near Hyderabad

Five persons, including a 10-year-old boy and a woman, were killed and four others injured after a truck hit the tractor-trolley they were travelling in near here this evening, police said. The incident occurred near Gagilapur on the outskirts of the city, they said. The victims, residents of Suraram area, were on their way to Medak district to attend a function when the truck hit the tractor from the opposite direction, a police officer attached to the Dundigal police station said.