CHENNAI: An 85-year-old woman died after she accidentally fell into an open well at Ponpadi village near Tiruttani in Tiruvallur district on Thursday afternoon.
The deceased was identified as Padmavathiyamma (85), a resident of Ponpadi village. According to police, she had gone near an agricultural field around 2 pm when she allegedly lost her balance and fell into a nearby open well.
A passerby, identified as Mohan, noticed the woman in the well and immediately alerted the Fire and Rescue Services. Firefighters rushed to the spot, retrieved her from the well and took her to the Government Hospital in Thiruthani, where doctors declared her brought dead.
Following a complaint lodged by her son, Loganathan (64), an autorickshaw driver from Arakkonam, the Thiruthani police registered a case.
Police said there was no suspicion of foul play. The body has been sent for postmortem examination, and further investigation is under way.