Boy killed in wall collapse

May 30, 2016 12:00 am | Updated 05:49 am IST - KURNOOL:

A fifteen-year-old boy Sumanth was killed when a wall collapsed and fell on him when he slept before a kiosk during rainfall in Budhawarapet in Kurnool town on Sunday.

His family members rushed Sumanth to Kurnool general hospital but he was declared brought dead. Rain lashed Kurnool town since Saturday midnight.

The Burujula and Chinnahalti streams in Pathikonda were swollen disrupting movement of traffic between Adoni and Pathikonda and Pathikonda and Guntakal.

Nandyal, Allagadda, Mahanandi, Bandi Atmakur, Banaganapalle, Koilkuntla, Pathikonda and Aspari mandals also received rainfall coupled with gales.

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