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Pathulhatha electrocution tragedy :

Third victim also dies

Fifteen-year-old Piyumi Sandanmali Atygalle became the third victim in the electrocution tragedy in Ratnapura when she died at the Ratnapura General Hospital in the wee hours of yesterday.


Two victims: Madhuka and Sanduni

On Saturday, her brother Madhuka Saranga Atygalle and cousin Sandhuni Upeksha Atygalle both aged 10, were electrocuted while plucking rambutan from a tree near their home in Pathulhatha, Ratnapura. They are the children of two brothers.

The victims were among 10 students who were plucking rambutan on Saturday morning from a tree near their home that was on a hill by the main road.

A high tension power line ran close to the house.

The children had used an iron pole to pluck rambutan and it had made contact with the power line resulting in the electrocution.

A group of elders who had rushed to the scene were also subject to the force of the current but escaped unharmed. Workers of the electricity later arrived to the scene and disconnected the power supply.

Piyumi Sandamali is a year 9 student of Pathakada Buddhist school while her brother Madhuka and cousin Sandhuni were year 4 students of Welimaluwa Vidyalaya.

Another brother of Piyumi and Madhuka was away at a class at the time of the tragedy.

 

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