A Class VI student was killed and two others were injured, one of them seriously, when a tall coconut tree uprooted and fell on them in strong winds at a school in Kozhikode, Kerala on Wednesday afternoon.
The incident took place at 1.20 PM during the one-hour recess in the compound of the Government Higher Secondary School at Meenchantha, Kozhikode. The coconut tree had fallen on Class VI student Shajil Ahmed and two others who were playing in the school compound. Shajil had to be pulled out from under the tree.
Shajil died at the hospital while the other two students were undergoing treatment. One of them, Deekshith (11) was admitted to the ICU of a private hospital in serious condition.