On Thursday, in a college near Coimbatore, 19-year-old undergraduate student died when she was forced to jump off the second floor of a building during a disaster preparedness drill. The girl identified as N Logeswari banged her head on building’s sunshade and died after being pushed by an ill-prepared trainer. Now the trainer has been taken in police custody.
The tragic incident is witnessed through Video footage from the college in which Logeswari, who was 19 year old is a second year BBA student of Kovai Kalaimagal College of Arts and Science, was seen being nudged and pushed by the trainer who stood behind her on the sunshade. “When she was reluctant to jump off the second floor, she was being pushed by the trainer stood behind her even as she was clearly not prepared for the jump,” police said.
Also Read: Gauba’s views on disasters – Reduce dependence on Centre when it strikes
She hit the sunshade of the first floor before she could land safely, on the ground with a net which students who were standing down carried.
Police said the girl had suffered serious injuries on her head and right neck.
A source close to the Kovai Kalaimagal College of Arts and Science in Narasipuram said the drill was conducted by the National Disaster Management Authority of India (NDMAI).
At least five students had already jumped off the second floor and landed safely on the net before Logeswari. Later, at the Coimbatore government Medical College she was declared ‘brought dead’.
A senior police officer said a case would be filed against the college authorities and the trainer R Arumugam.
Also Read: IndiGo flights’ mid-air collision averted over Bengaluru airspace