A 70-year-old woman, K. Rajeswari, was killed after she was crushed to death following the collapse of a sunshade at her house in Parasakthi Colony on Wednesday.
The police said that the woman was heating water in a stove placed under the sunshade, when suddenly it collapsed, at around 8 a.m. She was killed on the spot. Her husband Kandasamy was away when the incident happened. The sunshade was in bad shape, police said.
Sivakasi Town police are investigating.
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