The Hambantota Police have arrested a 15‑year‑old schoolboy and his father after a car driven by the boy crashed into a wall belonging to a religious site on Wednesday (13), causing damage

The Police said the boy was taken into custody yesterday (14) after returning home from school. 

He is to be produced before the court on charges of driving without a licence, reckless driving, and failing to prevent an accident.

CCTV footage revealed that the vehicle involved in the accident was driven by a child at the time, Police officials confirmed.

The Police further said that the father, who appeared claiming responsibility for the accident, will also face charges of allowing an unlicenced person to operate a vehicle.

The Hambantota Police Station are to produce both suspects before the court. (Newswire

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A tragic accident claimed the life of a schoolboy who was en route to a school Big Match at the Pallekele Stadium in Kandy today (02). 

According to the Police, two students were travelling on a motorcycle when it collided head‑on with a bus. 

One of the students had died instantly at the scene, while the other was unhurt.

The Kandy Police have launched investigations into the incident. (Newswire)

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The eleven teenagers who were arrested in connection with the death of a fellow schoolboy in the Welagedara Police Division have been produced in court, with some underage boys being sent to juvenile detention centres and two others being remanded. 

A group of teenagers had physically assaulted a fellow schoolboy over a personal dispute on April 16. The boy who sustained serious injuries died on 22 April while receiving treatment at the Kurunegala Hospital.

The Police said three suspects who were arrested on the day of the assault were produced before the court and were sent to juvenile detention centres, as they were below the age of 18.

The remaining eight suspects were produced before the Pilessa Magistrate’s Court yesterday, after which two suspects were remanded until 29 April. 

The court ordered the remaining six suspects to be sent to juvenile detention centres as they were all underage. 

The eight suspects are to be produced for an identification parade on 29 April. The Mawathgama Police is conducting further investigations. (Newswire)

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Eleven teenagers have been arrested in connection with the death of a schoolboy, who was beaten with helmets.

Police said the suspects were taken into custody last night (22) in the Arapola Kanda area within the Weligedara Police Division.

The arrests were made by a team of officers from the Mawathagama Police Station.

According to police, the suspects are aged between 15 and 18 and are residents of Arapola Kanda and Ambakotte areas, and are fellow school students of the victim.

The incident occurred on April 16 in the Heavenpola area of the Weligedara Police Division, where a group of boys allegedly attacked another boy by punching and kicking him and using helmets, over a personal dispute.

The victim, who sustained serious injuries, was admitted to the Kurunegala Hospital and later succumbed to his injuries yesterday.

The deceased has been identified as a 16-year-old resident of Sakareliya Watta, Hevenpola.

The body has been placed at the Kurunegala Hospital morgue while further investigations are being conducted by the Mawathagama and Weligedara Police. (Newswire)

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A school student was reported dead after falling off a greased tree during Avurudu celebrations held in the Elpitiya area.

The unfortunate incident had occurred during the New Year celebrations organised at a playground near the Amugoda Sri Vijayarama Temple in Pitigala today. 

According to the Pitigala Police, the child had fallen off a 40-foot greased tree while preparing it for the event and had died upon admission to the Elpitiya Base Hospital.

The deceased is a 16-year-old boy who was awaiting the results of the GCE Ordinary Level Examinations. 

The postmortem examination will be conducted at the Elpitiya Base Hospital, while the Pitigala Police are conducting further investigations into the incident. (Newswire)

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A 16-year-old schoolboy has died after being trapped under an earth embankment that had collapsed due to heavy rains in the Gallewatte area in Medamahanuwara in the Teldeniya Police Division.

The Police told Newswire that the earth embankment had collapsed around 04.30 am today trapping the sleeping teenager between a wall of the house and soil.

Despite having been rescued and admitted to the Medamahanuwara Hospital, the boy had died while receiving treatment. 

A 61-year-old woman and a 14-year-old boy who had also sustained injuries in the incident are undergoing treatment. (Newswire)

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The Police have warned an 11-year-old schoolboy over a fake complaint on an alleged abduction attempt, it was reported.

According to Lankadeepa, the Police stated that the child had filed a fake complaint with the Narahenpita Police.

In his complaint, he had claimed that a group in a van had attempted to abduct him while returning from school, but he had managed to escape from them.

However, during interrogation, the child had revealed that he had created the story after watching a video on social media on recent reports of attempts to abduct children in Sri Lanka. 

Investigations have revealed that the student from a boys’ school in Bambalapitiya had informed his father that a group in a van had attempted to abduct him while returning home from school along Park Road in Colombo on Tuesday (23).

The student had further informed the father that he had escaped from them after which the father and son had filed a complaint with the Police.  

The Narahenpita Police which had launched an investigation based on the complaint had found that no such incident had taken place after monitoring CCTV footage from the area on the said day. (NewsWire)

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Another drowning involving a child has been reported in Sri Lanka within the 24 hours ending at 06 am today.

A 12-year-old child has died after drowning while bathing in the Walawe River in Sevanagala yesterday.

The Police stated that the father of the child had taken him and the younger sibling to bathe in the river last afternoon.

Investigations have revealed that after bathing the younger child and placing him on the bank, the father had bathed the older child during which he had slipped out of his hands and was washed away by the river.

The deceased has been identified as a 12-year-old resident of the Habaranthawela area in Sevanagala and a grade 07 student of the Sevanagala Maha Vidyalaya. The Sevanagala Police is conducting investigations into the Incident.

This is the second drowning involving a child to be reported yesterday, as a 17-year-old school boy was reported dead after drowning in the Kandy area earlier in the day.

The boy had drowned while bathing in the Mahaweli River near the Polgolla dam, while another boy who had accompanied him was rescued and hospitalised. (NewsWire)

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