KANNUR: Three persons, including a woman, died in a septic tank accident at Chathothukulam under Chakkarakkal police limits in Kannur on Tuesday. They were identified as septic tank cleaner Muneer, 42, of Chalad, P.K. Sathi, 56, and her son Ratheesh Kumar, 36.
The accident occurred when Muneer was trying to clean the septic tank at Sathi’s house at 4.30 p.m. As he entered the tank, he gasped for breath.
Ratheesh tried to help him by going down through a ladder. Sathi supported him with her hands. But Ratheesh was asphyxiated and he collapsed pulling down Sathi also into the tank.
The bodies of the three were recovered by the fire force which arrived from Mattannur, Kannur and Kuthuparamba. Ratheesh was a tailor and is survived by wife Rasna and daughter Diya. The Chakkarakkal police registered a case.
