School boy on train foot board crashes onto signal post

30 June 2017 08:32 am Views - 7067

A 15-year-old School boy travelling on the foot board of a train was killed yesterday when he crashed into a wayside signal post, police said.

They said the incident occurred in Thudugala in the Grandpass police area. The train was travelling from Colombo to Veyangoda.

The victim was died on admission to the Colombo National Hospital.

The victim was identified as Isuru Rashmika Adhikari and he was a grade 10 student at Ananda College, Colombo.

Grandpass police are conducting investigations.