Woman’s legs severed in freak accident at flour mill in Tamil Nadu

NAGAPATTINAM: A 37-year-old woman lost her pair of legs to a freak accident at a private flour mill near Nagapattinam on Tuesday evening, the police said.

Around 6 pm on Tuesday, A Selvi of Karunganni in Keelaiyur block headed to the private mill at Periya Kadai Theru in Nagapattinam town to get rice ground into flour.

As she was passing past a milling machine to access the restroom on the premises, her saree suddenly got pulled into it, dragging her along. Even as the mill staff frantically attempted to stop the machine, Selvi’s legs got severed, causing her to lose consciousness soon after.