An ethnic Indian teenager who was apparently upset with the results of her final exams fell from the third floor of her school building in Malaysia, sustaining injuries to her arms and legs, a report said on Tuesday.
It was not clear whether M Valsala Menon, 18, jumped or accidentally fell from the building on Monday, after receiving her Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia or SPM results, the Star daily said.
The school authorities called an ambulance, which rushed her to the Tuanku Fauziah Hospital. Though her tongue was severed, her condition is said to be stable.
Valsala's father Moorgan Menon, 45, a bus conductor, said that before the incident, his daughter had been worried about how she would fare in the SPM. "We had been telling her not to worry," he said, adding that he has yet to see her results.
A close friend, S Kalaiselvi, said she had gone to Valsala's home to give her a lift to school on her motorcycle and the latter was looking upset about her results.
"I knew she did not do well in two or three subjects. I told her to stay awhile at the canteen while I went to collect my school-leaving certificate," Kalaiselvi said. "When I returned, she was missing. I quickly called other friends to look for her and I went round to search on my motorcycle. When I was at the back gate, I saw Valsala at the edge of a corridor on the third floor. Moments later she fell."
