HYDERABAD: Four members of a family died when the roof of their house collapsed in Nagarkurnool district on Monday.
Incessant rains led to the collapse of the mud-house roof in Vanapatla village at 2 am on Monday.
The family, after having dinner, went to sleep on Sunday night. V Bhaskar, an auto driver, his wife Padma, their two daughters, and their son were sleeping in the same room when the roof collapsed, resulting in the instantaneous
deaths of the wife and three children.
Bhaskar, who suffered critical injuries, was admitted to the Govt Hospital in Nagarkurnool.
Bhaskar’s wife, Padma, 25, two daughters, Tejaswani and Vasantha, aged seven and six, respectively, and a son who is less than a year old, died in the mishap. Authorities extricated the bodies from the debris and sent them to the hospital for post-mortem