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Ananda College student dies after falling off train
View(s):A student of Ananda College Colombo was killed when he fell off a train at Dematagoda, a coroner’s court inquiry was told yesterday.
An O/Level student, Jayasekara Adikari, Isuru Yoshitha from Veyangoda was returning home after school on Friday with friends when the accident occurred. He was rushed to the National Hospital.
The student’s father Appuhamilage Sujith told the inquiry that his son usually travelled by bus but had recently started travelling by train.
“I was told that my son had been travelling close to a carriage door. He had been talking to his friends when he fell off,” he said.
The post mortem examination was conducted by JMO Dr K.K Joozari who said that death was due to multiple injuries to the head, abdomen and right leg.