Coimbatore: Bitten by a snake after she fell on it from a two-wheeler on Wednesday, a 38-year-old woman died at the Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) here on Friday afternoon.
Police said T Kavitha, of Pappankadu at Kadampadi, had fallen on the snake on Wednesday night when she was riding pillion on the motorcycle ridden by her husband M Thangaraj, 54.
“They were returning home from their power loom unit that was located just 1km away their house. On seeing the snake on the road, Thangaraj became frantic and lost control over his vehicle. They fell on the snake,” a police officer said.
While Kavitha noticed some injury marks on her hand, she thought that might have been caused when she fell down from the vehicle.
On Thursday, Kavitha felt pain on her hand and went to a private hospital at Sulur, where a doctor told her that she was bitten by a poisonous snake and referred her to the CMCH, where she died without responding to the treatment on Friday afternoon.
Following the postmortem, the dead body was handed over to her family members on Saturday afternoon. Based on Thangaraj’s complaint, Sulur police sub-inspector Jaganath has registered a case under Section 174 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Further investigation is on. tnn