Soft drink kills toddler

10 April 2011 07:20 am Views - 6781

A one and half year old toddler died and the mother of the child is in critical condition after they consumed two soft drinks bought from a shop in Wellawaya by the father, Moneragala hospital sources said

The child who was in critical conditioned died yesterday while the mother is currently being treated at the Moneragala hospital. It is reported that the father had bought the two drinks from a shop in Wellawaya and handed over the drinks to the mother who fed the child and had shared one with a neighbor’s child. All three had then complained feeling nausea and dizzy after which they were hospitalized.

The Magisterial inquiry into the child’s death is scheduled for today. The police are conducting further investigations into the incident. (Sumanasiri Goonatilleke –Moneragala)