Baby dies as coconut falls on head

Thiruvananthapuram: In a freak mishap, a one-and-a-half month old baby died when a coconut fell on her head during a religious ceremony at her home in Thirupam near Thiruvananthapuram.

The child, Gouri Nandana, was lying on her mother's lap in an open space in front of their home when the coconut fell on her head on Sunday.

The child was rushed to a nearby hospital where she succumbed to injuries, police sources said.

The small cottage pervading with joy plunged into grief as fate took away the first born child of the couple Stalin Ravi and Sheeja.