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Student electrocuted flying kite with copper fibre string
View(s):A 14-year-old student got electrocuted in Dompe, when the kite he was flying with copper fibre mixed string came into contact with a high voltage electrical cable, a coroner’s court inquiry was told this week.
The victim, Nethmal Perera, was a Grade 9 student.
Father of the child, Sampath Perera, a soldier attached to the Homagama camp, said his son had accompanied a friend to a nearby paddy field to fly the kite. “His friend had handed over the kite to him and gone for a drink of water, when the kit connected with a high voltage electrical cable,” he added.
Police investigations revealed the kite string had copper fibre, resulting in the electrocution of the boy.
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