A woman was killed and her son seriously injured in Enathimangalam near here in the early hours of Tuesday after a portion of a wall of their house collapsed following heavy rainfall in the district.
At 1.30 a.m., while the victim S. Saroja, 70, and her son Elangovan, 44, were sleeping in their house, a wall collapsed and fell on them.
While Saroja died on the spot, Elangovan was admitted to the Villupuram Government Medical College and Hospital (VGMCH).