Double whammy for Kerala woman: family killed in landslides, fiance dies in accident
The Hindu
Jenson breathed his last at a private hospital at Meppadi in Wayanad late September 11.
As 24-year-old Shruti was barely coming to grips with the loss of her entire family in the recent catastrophic landslides in Kerala’s Wayanad district, she suffered another devastating blow as her fiance died on Wednesday, September 11, after meeting with an accident.
A spokesperson of the private hospital here where the 27-year-old Jenson was admitted, confirmed that he succumbed to the injuries he suffered in the accident. He breathed his last at 8.50 p.m.
Shruti’s fiance, who met with an accident on Tuesday, September 10, and was being treated at the Dr. Moopen Medical College, was in an extremely critical condition.
Tragedy had struck Shruti, an accountant at a hospital in Kozhikode district, on July 30 when her family of nine, including her parents and younger sister were killed in the landslides that struck Chooralmala and Mundakkai villages of Meppadi panchayat in Wayanad.
Her only support during the tragic times was Jenson, with whom she had got engaged on June 2 after a 10-year-long courtship.
On August 29, the couple had visited the Puthumala graveyard where some of her family were buried and had reaffirmed their commitment to each other.
Days later, on September 10, Jenson got critically injured when his car collided head-on with a private bus.