A 17-year-old college student was killed after a car which was parked on the rooftop driveway of a house in Reilly Compound, Coonoor, fell more than two stories while she was trying to take the car out on Sunday evening.
Police identified the victim as M. Yamuna, a first year college student from Coonoor and daughter of a person running a computer centre. She was reportedly learning car driving.
The vehicle, a hatchback, was parked on the top of a house, as it was in level with the undulating road in Coonoor.
Lands upside down
The victim was believed to have slipped the car into reverse gear accidentally and to have floored the accelerator, leading to the car reversing into a metal barricade and down the roof.
It landed upside down and Yamuna suffered serious injuries in the freak accident. She died while being rushed to the hospital.
The police have registered a case and have begun investigations into the accident.