She always had a sparkle in the eyes and a smile on the lips. N Subhasini, one of the victims of Wednesday’s car accident that shook the city, was popular not just in her friends’ circle, she was a favourite to her relatives and neighbours too.
Being the first graduate of the family, the girl yearned to lift the financial status of the family by working in a reputed company. One of her friends said she had planned to pursue higher students. Subhasini was a second year BSc (IT) student of a reputed private college.
“She was not talkative, but ambitious,” said her friend. She said Subhasini had always scored well, not just in subjects but also in the hearts of people.
If only the girl had caught her usual 9.30 bus, she would have been with us now, she said. Even though, their class begins only in the afternoon, Subhasini would always be in the college in the morning as there is only one direct bus that connects Peelamedu and Sundarapuram.
Accompanied by her father Nagaraj, who runs an electrical shop just opposite to the Iyer Hospital bus stop, Subhasini would always be on time to catch the 9.30 bus, R Manikandan, whose shop is adjacent to Nagaraj’s shop, said. On Wednesday, she came only after 10am to the stop, though her father had opened the shop on time.
On her way to the bus stop, the girl had stopped at her father’s shop to have a few words and waved at him as she left the shop. Manikandan recollects that that a few minutes after she left, even before they got back to their shops, they heard cries followed by a crash.
Nagaraj rushed to the spot only to find the torn body of his daughter.
S Amsaveni (34) had been selling flowers near the Periyar statue at Sundarapuram for over eight years. R Madan, her neighbour, said she would do business from 6 to 10am daily.
Packing the remaining flowers, Amsaveni was about to leave the spot when a customer came along. He said she was happy to see him as she could sell the remaining flowers. It was while she was attending to her last customer that the car rammed her, he recalled.
Her 13-year-old student was brought back from school, minutes after he reached there, to show the lifeless body of his mother.
Though her husband Chandrasekar earned enough to run the family, Amsaveni wanted to chip in to ensure that her only son lived a good life without undergoing what they had undergone due to financial problems, he said
