In a freaking accident, a 75-year-old woman was killed when a man who tried to commit suicide fell on her in Chennai.

Saradha, resident of Nallan Kuppam, Ashok Nagar, was sleeping on her cot in the open air for want of fresh air.  Around midnight, her next-door neighbour Selvamurugan (37), an auto rickshaw driver came home in drunken state and started fighting with his wife and brother.

The driver also threatened to kill himself. Later when his family was preparing to sleep at around 12.30 am, the man climbed the stairs to the terrace of the three-storey building and leapt from a height of around 30 ft.

The residents of TNSCB heard a loud thud and found the man bleeding profusely on the cot on which Saradha was asleep. Both were injured in the accident and the families rushed them to a hospital in the vicinity where the doctors declared Saradha dead. The man survived the fall but sustained fractures in his skull and is battling for life.

The woman's body was subsequently moved to the Government Royapettah Hospital (GRH) for a post-mortem.

The doctors suggested that Selvamurugan be shifted to the GRH since he was grievously hurt. After admission to GRH the doctors diagnosed the skull fracture and referred him to RGGGH.

Selvamurugan and his wife, Dhanalakshmi have two children. Of late, the couple were having frequent quarrels due to the former's alcoholism.  The deceased Saradha had been living with her husband Mari and their son Rajendran in a joint family.

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BY M. DIVYA SRI