Kota: A boring machine truck driver and a machine operator were burnt alive on the spot on Monday morning after they came in contact with a 1,100kV high-tension power line passing overhead in Purana Pachada village under Simliya police station of Kota district.
The deceased persons were identified as Kamlesh Bheel, 37, a resident of Jhalawar district, and Pappu Singh Rajput, 35, a resident of Chittor district.P
While Kamlesh worked as the driver of the truck carrying the boring machine, Pappu was the machine operator. TNN