16 year old child flying a kite ... falls and dies

16 year old child flying a kite ... falls and dies

A 16 year old child who had been flying a kite in Chavakachcheri in Jaffna has died after falling into an unprotected well day before yesterday, Chavakachcheri police say.

Jeyakumaran Deesan of Kayal, Chavakachcheri had been flying a kite in the company of another

friend of his and the deceased child in fact had been focusing his eyes on the kite high above and in the process had been running backwards during which moment he had fallen into an unprotected well; thereby losing his life, according to Chavakachcheri police. No sooner he had fallen, the friend had immediately run home and informed the elders and come to the scene with them. However, after the victim was taken to Chavakachcheri hospital, he had breathed his last. Chavakachcheri police further said that this accident had taken place because the said well was not noticed at first glance from outside and it being unprotected as well with the children themselves not paying due attention.