University student killed in train accident

1 April 2024 05:46 pm Views - 2009

By Shane Senavirathne

A third-year student of the Law Faculty of the Peradeniya University has been killed after being hit by a train in the Penideniya area, Peradeniya Police said.

The victim was from the Wadduwa area and was in the third year of the Law Faculty of the university.

He had reportedly been walking on the railway tracks while wearing a pair of headphones when he was struck by the Nawalapitiya-Kandy train.