110 students and 13 teachers of 08 and 09 grades of Galgamuwa Vannikudawewa Sirisangabo Maha Vidyalaya arrived at Tissa Naval Base in Trincomalee yesterday for an educational trip.
After visiting the Navy camp, the students were taken on a naval tour by the Navy in two boats.
The Trincomalee Port Police say that when the students who took a trip on the high seas were brought back to the navy jetty by two boats belonging to the navy, a part of the jetty collapsed at the same time when the students disembarked from the vessel.
The police say that 17 female students fell into the sea along with the concrete floor and at the same time the army jumped into the sea and rescued them.
14 of those students are being treated at Tissa Naval Hospital and 03 students are being treated at Trincomalee Hospital. The police say that an investigation is going on regarding this accident.
