A student had drowned and died while swimming in a swimming pool of a hotel in Boralassa, Lunuwila when a group of students from a support class located in Pannala, Makadura went on a picnic.
This unfortunate death happened yesterday evening.
A student named D. Ayesh Perera, who was studying in the 10th grade at Sadankawa Maha Vidyalaya, has died.
A group of 80 people, including this student who is a resident of Boralassa, Lunuwila, arrived at this hotel in the Wennappuwa police domain yesterday morning.
The police say that the accident happened when several students were enjoying and playing in the swimming pool.