Karkal, 15 Jul 2015: A tractor parked on the bank of a rivulet was swept away by the gushing current at Brahmastanagundi, Naniltar, at the limits of Mundkoor gram panchayath, here on Tuesday July 14 night.
The tractor driver was fully drunk who parked the tractor besides the rivulet in running condition, in order to wash his hands and feet, when the tractor on its own moved and washed away by gushing current.
The locals saw the tractor in the middle of the rivulet on Wednesday July 15 early morning.
The driver was found normal a little far from the shore and the distressed tractor owner was firing him for his recklessness.