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Video: Father, son charred to death on Puducherry-TN border as firecrackers explode on scooter

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A man and his seven-year-old son were charred to death after two bags of firecrackers they were carrying on a scooter suddenly exploded on East Coast Road at Kottakuppam village on the Puducherry-Tamil Nadu border on Thursday when Diwali was being celebrated in the country.</p>
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A video of the incident went viral on social media.</p>
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Tragedy strikes during <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Diwali?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Diwali</a> day as father and son die in a blast caused by country made crackers they were carrying in a two-wheeler. <a href="https://t.co/33mCShhNaW">pic.twitter.com/33mCShhNaW</a></p>
— Pramod Madhav (@PramodMadhav6) <a href="https://twitter.com/PramodMadhav6/status/1456530897700732932?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 5, 2021</a></blockquote>
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The video shows Kalainasan riding the scooter, while his son Pradeep sat on a bundle of firecrackers kept on the front side of the two-wheeler. A moment later the speeding vehicle explodes into flames, killing the boy and his father on the spot.</p>
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Three others in the vicinity also sustained serious injuries, the police said.</p>
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They were taken to the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) in Puducherry for treatment.</p>

IN Bureau

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