Overview
- A heavy crane tipped and fell into a roughly 30‑foot excavation at a hotel construction site on DBR Road, trapping workers and causing three deaths and three serious injuries.
- Police and eyewitness accounts say the crane tilted while lifting or removing a large tree and could not hold the load, causing it to plunge into the pit.
- The three dead were identified in reports as Rama Rao, site engineer Sandeep (Sandeep Kumar), and a watchman whose name is reported variously as Gangaiah or Chengayya, and three injured workers were taken to Ruia Hospital.
- Tirupati Municipal Corporation commissioner M. Jayakrishna ordered on‑site rescue, directed checks of the adjacent municipal school building, and said a criminal‑negligence case will be registered against the builder.
- Local YSRCP leaders and residents allege part of the school compound wall was demolished to allow construction access, and officials have suspended two town‑planning officers as the inquiry examines permit compliance and safety lapses.