A 14-year-old boy died after he was run over by a temple car at Karuppampulam Melakadu village in Nagapattinam district on Monday.
Police identified the victim as M. Saravana Kumar of Nadukaadu Karuppamkulam village near Vedaranyam. The temple car of the Seethala Mariamman Temple was being drawn by devotees as part of the ‘Aadi’ month celebrations when the tragedy occurred.
Police sources said the boy was one of the devotees drawing the temple car when he accidentally slipped and fell down. Even as the wooden blocks were put in place to halt the temple car, the boy came under one of the wheels and died on the spot, the police said.
The Vedaranyam police have registered a case under Section 174 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.