Hamirpur (HP), Oct 16 A man died after his tractor overturned, trapping him underneath it in a field in Himachal Pradesh’s Hamirpur district, police said on Friday.
The accident happened when Madan Chand, a resident of Jajari village, had gone to sow wheat on Thursday evening. It went unnoticed throughout the night.
On Friday morning, villagers spotted the overturned tractor and alerted the police.
According to his family, Chand was working alone in the field. When he did not return home by night, his wife tried calling him, but he did not answer. The family looked for him in the night but could not find him.
Jajari panchayat pradhan Amit Dhatwalia said Chand is survived by his wife and two daughters.
On Friday morning, a police team reached the spot, took custody of the body and initiated legal proceedings.
(PTI News)
