A 04-year-old female child is reported to have suddenly died in her sleep yesterday (Sep 11), the Horana Police stated.
According to Dinamina Newspaper, the girl is a resident of Dickhenapura in Horana.
The Police stated that the child had gone to sleep along with her mother last afternoon, but was found lifeless when the mother had attempted to wake her up to change her clothes due to having wet the bed.
As the child was found lifeless, the mother had informed her husband and rushed her to the Horana Hospital with the help of a motorcyclist who was travelling on the road near their house.
However, after medical examinations the child was pronounced dead by the doctors at the Horana Hospital.
The postmortem examination into the death of the child will be conducted at the Horana Hospital today (Sep 12).
Joint investigations have been launched into the death by officials from the Panadura and Horana Police. (NewsWire)