19-year-old girl rescued after suicide attempt, dies in road accident while being taken to hospital
Kasaragod: In a tragic sequence of events, a 19-year-old medical student who had allegedly attempted suicide by hanging herself was rescued by her family but later died in a road accident while being rushed to the hospital. The incident took place near Bethurpara in Badiadka on Wednesday morning.
The deceased has been identified as Mahima (19), daughter of Babu of Tachaar Kundu, Bethurpara, and a final-year MBBS student.
According to police sources, Mahima reportedly attempted to hang herself inside her bedroom on Wednesday morning. Her brother Mahesh noticed the act in time, untied her, and along with their mother Vanaja, immediately placed her in a car to take her to a hospital in Kasaragod.
However, about one kilometre from their house, the car met with an accident near Bethurpara. Local residents rushed to help and took all three to the hospital, but Mahima succumbed to her injuries on the way. Mahesh and Vanaja sustained minor injuries and are out of danger.
Police said it is yet to be determined whether Mahima died from the injuries sustained in the accident or from the suicide attempt. The exact cause of death will be known only after the post-mortem report is received.
A case has been registered at the Badiadka Police Station, and an investigation is underway into both the attempted suicide and the accident
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SWR announces special trains for passengers stranded by large-scale IndiGo cancellations
Bengaluru (PTI): The South Western Railway on Saturday announced a series of special trains, in coordination with Central, South Eastern and Southern Railways, to clear stranded passengers following large-scale IndiGo flight cancellations across the country.
The special services will operate between December 6 and 10 on high-demand routes, including Bengaluru–Chennai, Bengaluru–Pune, Yesvantpur–Hazrat Nizamuddin, Shalimar–Yelahanka and Ernakulam–Yelahanka, officials said.
According to an official statement, SWR will run Train No. 06255/06256 between Chennai Egmore and KSR Bengaluru, 06257/06258 between Bengaluru and MGR Chennai Central, 06259/06260 between Yesvantpur and Hazrat Nizamuddin, and 06263/06264 between Bengaluru and Pune.
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Central Railway will operate Train No. 01413/01414 between Pune and Bengaluru, while South Eastern Railway will run Train No. 08073/08074 between Shalimar and Yelahanka. Southern Railway will operate Train No. 06147/06148 between Ernakulam and Yelahanka, the statement said.
Railways has advised passengers to check updated timings on its official channels and arrive early at stations.
For at least five days in a row, IndiGo flight operations have been significantly disrupted, with a large number of cancellations and delays causing hardships to thousands of passengers. In many cases, baggage has been misplaced.
