Woman, son drown in quarry

A woman and her son drowned in water stagnating in a stone quarry near Radhapuram on Thursday.

Police said Petchiammal, 41, of Kumbikulam near Radhapuram and her son, Subhash, 11, were bathing in the rainwater that had collected in a defunct stone quarry. As they accidentally moved to the deeper part of the quarry, they drowned.

Radhapuram police retrieved their bodies and sent them for post-mortem.

The police have registered a case.