A pregnant woman was killed, and her four-year-old son was critical in a gas geyser leak accident in Ashwath Nagar, Sadashivanagar, on Saturday. The deceased has been identified as Ramya J., 23, a six-month old pregnant woman.
On Saturday, she took her son to give him a bath, and the duo fell unconscious. The incident came to light when her husband, a vegetable vendor, came home to take her and their son to a temple on the occasion of Vaikuntha Ekadashi. However, he found the main door of the house locked and no response from inside. He broke open the door to find the mother-son duo lying unconscious in the bathroom. Though he rushed them immediately to a hospital, doctors declared Ramya “brought dead”, and the condition of their son continues to be critical.
Police said there was a leak in the gas geyser, which would have let out colourless, odourless, and poisonous carbon monoxide gas, which would have led to the tragedy. Forensic report is awaited, police said.
