A 31-year-old woman and her seven-year-old daughter were crushed to death after the concrete roof of their house collapsed at Pulianthope in the early hours on Saturday.
The police said that Venkatesan, 36, his wife Sangeetha, their daughter Yuvashri and two-year-old son were sleeping at a three-storeyed house at Venkatesapuram New Colony, Vaysarpadi. After midnight, the ceiling crashed on them and the neighbours came to their rescue. Sangeetha and Yuvashri died on the way to the hospital.