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Thiruvambady Sivasundar
Volga Arunkumar
Cherapulasheri Parthan
Thechikottukavu Ramachandran
 
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TECHIKODANS BLINDNESS COSTS A TEENAGER'S LIFE.
Contributed by Kiran
April 26, 2010
  3 people including ramachandran's second mahout Mahesh were injured. The tragedy occured while techikkodan was getting down from the lorry to join the pooram for srayil vibagham here on monday. ramachandran got panic and rushed forward when some havocs occured at his right side which he is blind. The boy who ran along with other people, fall near the elephant which stamped on his head. He was taken to the hospital soon but he died. Mahout mahesh fall down from the elephant during the havoc. It is the second death caused by techikkodan's blindness.
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