One and half year toddler meets with accidental death

One and half year toddler meets with accidental death

A toddler one half years who had lived with parents in Wennappuwa,Lunuwila, Udasiri Village in a

house very close to the coastal railway line. This toddler had crept through the barbed wire fence on to the railway line. A Fort bound train from Puttalam had come at the same time had knocked the child down causing serious injuries and had died on the spot.

According to reports of the Police the incident had taken place on the 22nd afternoon at about 4.45.The deceased one and a half year old child is Udugampolage Ashen Kusal a 1 and ½ year old baby boy.The toddler had been playing in the garden with his mother and without the knowledge of the mother had crept through the fence. The mother having seen the toddler going towards the railway line had moved towards the toddler when a train from Puttalam , Colombo bound had come and knocked him down.

The toddler with injuries had however been taken to the Lunuwila base hospital, but was pronounced dead on admission. This was reported by the hospital authorities.