Mother Jumps in front of Train with her Two children in Tamil Nadu

A woman committed suicide with her two children by jumping into the path of an oncoming train near Papanasam in Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu on Tuesday. The incident happened at the Araiyapuram level crossing, located between Papanasam and Pandaravadai railway stations on the Trichy – Villupuram mainline.

The deceased were identified as R Kalavathi, 38, wife of Ramesh Kumar, a farmer from Ilangarkudi village near Papanasam and their children R Hariharan, 10, and R Niranjana, 5. According to Railway Police, the woman jumped in front of the Mayiladuthurai – Thirunelveli fast passenger train with her two children.

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Mother Jumps in front of Train with her Two children in Tamil Nadu

The locomotive train controller informed Pandaravadai station master about the incident, who in turn alerted the Papanasam station. The woman and a boy died on the spot. A girl suffered severe injuries, was rushed to Government Medical College Hospital in Thanjavur in an ambulance.

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The Kumbakonam Railway Police retrieved the bodies of the woman and the boy. They were sent to Kumbakonam Government Hospital, while the girl’s body was kept at the Thanjavur hospital.

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