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4-Year-Old Girl Dies After Falling Into Hot Sambar
A little girl named Meena was four years old.
She lived with her father Upendra and mother Lalitha, who worked as farm labourers.
Her family had dug a borewell in their field and made food for the workers who were helping them.
On August 4, while the food was being packed to take to the field, Meena was playing nearby.
She accidentally fell into a big pot of very hot sambar soup and got badly burned.
Her parents rushed her to the Government General Hospital in Kurnool.
Doctors tried to treat her injuries, but sadly she could not survive.
She died on Thursday morning.
Her father said that a moment of negligence had cost them their daughter.
A four-year-old girl, Meena, died after accidentally falling into a vessel of piping hot sambar in Kurnool district.
Meena was the daughter of agricultural workers Upendra and Lalitha.
The family had prepared food at home for labourers working at their field, where a borewell had recently been arranged.
She fell into the vessel on August 4 while playing nearby as the food was being readied for transport.
She was rushed to the Government General Hospital in Kurnool but succumbed to her burn injuries on Thursday morning.
- Who
- Meena, a four-year-old girl, daughter of agricultural workers Upendra and Lalitha.
- What
- She died after accidentally falling into a vessel of piping hot sambar and suffering severe burn injuries.
- Where
- Kothapeta village, Devanakonda mandal, Kurnool district; she was treated at the Government General Hospital in Kurnool.
- When
- She fell into the vessel on August 4 and died on Thursday morning.
- Why
- The accident happened while she was playing near food being prepared for transport to her family's agricultural field.
Key facts
- Victim
- Meena, 4 years old
- Parents
- Upendra and Lalitha, agricultural workers
- Incident location
- Kothapeta village, Devanakonda mandal, Kurnool district
- Date of incident
- August 4
- Date of death
- Thursday morning
- Cause of death
- Severe burn injuries from hot sambar
- Hospital
- Government General Hospital, Kurnool
Quotes
Upendra, father of Meena
Agricultural worker and father of the deceased child
“"a moment of negligence had cost them their daughter."”
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Sources
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