Coimbatore: In a freak accident, a 19-year-old girl died after she jumped off the second floor of a building during a disaster preparedness drill organised in a private college in Coimbatore on Thursday evening.
The deceased has been identified as N. Logeswari, a second-year undergraduate student in Kovai Kalaimagal College of Arts and Science at Narasipuram and resident of Alandurai.
“Though students standing on the ground were holding a net for her to land safely, Logeswari hit the sunshade of the first floor and died on the spot,” the police said.
In a video clip circulated, the girl, who was reluctant to jump off the second floor, was prompted repeatedly by the trainer and finally given a push by him. The girl, who was evidently not prepared for the jump, hit the sunshade of the first floor. She was rushed to a government hospital where she was pronounced dead. The police are questioning trainer R. Arumugam and college principal L. Mala.
