Woman, grandchild crushed to death by car in Tamil Nadu

A 65-year-old woman and her grandchild were crushed to death by a car in an accident in Tamil Nadu's Nagapattinam on Monday.

Fathima Beevi (65) and her 12-year-old grandchild Nurul Fathima were crushed to death by a car on Monday in Tamil Nadu’s Nagapattinam. The two were walking when a speeding car rammed into them.

The accident was captured on CCTV installed at a shop nearby. The footage showed that several others, including a man on a cycle, nearly missed death in the incident.

The Thalainayar Police arrested the car driver, Lakshmanan, and said further investigations in the case are underway.