Training goes wrong; girl dies in safety drill practice

A girl loses her life in a freak accident that took place during a safety drill at her college.

A 19-year-old girl died when she jumped off the second floor of a building during a disaster preparedness drill organized in a private college on the outskirts of 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, pursuing a Bachelor of Business Administration ( BBA). She was from a village near Alandurai.

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The video of the training session released clearly shows Logeshwari’s reluctance to jump off the second floor. She was nudged by the trainer and finally given a push. She hit the roof of the sunshade of the first floor and fell motionless on the ground. She was immediately rushed to the government hospital where she was pronounced dead.

Though the students were holding a safety net below for safe landing, the video clearly shows the girl was not prepared for the training.

According to the police, 20 students were given training. The authorities are quizzing the college principal and the trainer.