A 17-year-old national champion in judo, Parithi Vigneshwaran, lost his left foot in amputation after a concrete electric pole that was being erected, fell on him at Kochadai in Madurai on Wednesday, July 27, 2023.
As the fractured ankle was severely crushed in the accident, it was amputated at the Government Rajaji Hospital (GRH), his mother, Theertham, said.
The boy was admitted to first year electrical and electronics engineering in a private college in Coimbatore under the sports quota.
