CHENNAI: A two-year-old girl was crushed to death under the rear wheel of a tractor in Ponneri in Tiruvallur district on Saturday.

The deceased girl is the youngest child of the couple, Suresh Kumar and Sathya. Suresh Kumar is a fisherman and the family resided in Senchiamman Nagar near Ponneri.

Police said the residents in the neighbourhood are dependent on private tankers for water, as there is a drinking water shortage there. According to officials, several privately operated tractors also sell drinking water to the people of the locality.

On Saturday, Devan (53), a resident of Pazhaverkadu Sivan Koil Street, arrived in Senchiamman Nagar with his tractor-mounted water tanker to sell drinking water. After the residents collected the water, Devan began moving the vehicle without notic

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