Daughter-in-law currently admitted to the hospital.
By Dileep Thekkethil
In a freak accident, an elderly couple from Gujarat’s Rajkot district succumbed to internal hemorrhage in the hospital after the obese wife, weighing over 128 Kg, fell on her husband who was following her upstairs.
According to reports, the elderly couple was living on the ground floor of an apartment in the posh Ramdham Society area of Kalavad Road with the upper portion of the building being occupied by their son and daughter-in-law.
Manjula Vithlani, 68, weighing 128 Kg accidently slipped one of the stairs, falling on top of her husband Natvarlal, who was following her to attend to their son who complained of breathing problem during the wee hours of Tuesday morning.
Natvarlal sustained serious head injury as he was crushed under the weight of his wife who also grievously injured her head during the fall.
Rajkot Taluka police station officials said “At around 4am, Nisha (daughter-in-law) came downstairs to get some medicine for Ashish. Her in-laws also woke up and hurriedly tried to go upstairs to check his health. However, Manjula could not keep her balance and slipped. She fell on Natvarlal who was climbing behind her. They were rushed to a private hospital where both died of cerebral haemorrhage.â€
Nisha who helplessly watch her in-laws plummeting the stairs reached out to help them but she couldn’t do much as she too slipped and injured her leg. Nish is currently admitted to the hospital.
Pradhyuman Ravaiya, investigating officer, Rajkot taluka police station, said, “The couple always remained anxious about their son’s health. On getting to know that he had taken ill, they tried to reach the first floor in too much hurry.”