A mother of 2 kids bled to death when she impaled herself on the glass after careering into a set of glass doors, said local authorities in India.
Horrified witnesses saw the woman fatally wounded herself as she tried to rush out of a bank and fell on a broken shard.
It is said that her stomach was pierced by the shard.
46-year-old Beena Jiju Paul, who is from Koovappady, was caught on cam while inside the bank turning around at the counter and running back towards the door.
Witnesses said that the woman left the keys for her scooter outside, however, she did not realize that the glass door was shut, so she ran straight through it.
It is thought that she fell on a shard of glass.
CCTV footage showed the mother standing up as a pool of blood surrounded her.
Rescuers rushed to the scene and helped the married mother to a bench in the area.
Her stomach wound was covered in cloth to stop the bleeding, however, the mother died after she got to the hospital.
A local source said:
After about four minutes, people at the bank were seen taking the woman to the hospital and a police officer is seen entering inside the bank. The woman, who appeared to have fainted, was carried out of the bank. According to the Perumbavoor police, she was taken to Perumbavoor Taluk Hospital, but Beena passed away a little later. Perumbavoor police have registered a case of unnatural death.
The incident happened yesterday at the Bank of Baroda’s branch in Perumbavoor, which is located in the Ernakulam District in the Indian state of Kerala.