Woman dies after running into a glass door that she did not realise was closed while rushing out of bank to collect her keys
- WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT
- Mother-of-two Beena Jiju Paul approaches the bank branch counter in India
- She suddenly realises she has left her keys outside and rushes to retrieve them
- She fails to notice that the entrance door is closed and smashes into the glass
- A shard of glass pierces her stomach and she collapses to the bank floor
A mother-of-two has died after accidentally running into a glass door in a bank, shattering the pane and causing a shard to pierce her stomach.
Video footage shows Beena Jiju Paul, 46, inside the Baroda bank branch in Perumbavoor, India.
She approaches the counter before suddenly turning around and dashing back towards the door after realising she has left the keys for her scooter outside.
But witnesses say she didn’t realise the door was shut.
Beena Jiju Paul, 46, dressed in a pink sari, rushes towards the closed bank doors
She fails to notice the doors are closed as she races to retrieve keys left outside
CCTV video from the bank shows Paul, dressed in a pink sari, as she smashes into the door.
Glass shatters around her and she collapses in a heap on the floor.
The stunned woman then tries to stand up as she cradles her stomach in agony.
She staggers to the left of the door while customers leap out of their seats to help.
The mother-of-two collapses to the floor as glass shatters around her and pierces her stomach
She manages to stand up and clutches her stomach as she staggers to the left of the door
Paul keels over and and is soon surrounded in a pool of her own blood as shop customers usher her into a nearby seat before she appears to lose consciousness.
Authorities soon arrived and rushed her to a nearby hospital, but the married mother-of-two succumbed to her injuries.
A group of people from inside the shop rush towards the woman as she begins to weaken and keels over
They drag a chair close and help her into it while waiting for emergency services to arrive, but the woman later died in 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.’