14 yr old boy dies due to electrocution

January 22, 2025 at 11:43 AM

A 14-year-old boy has died after being electrocuted while cutting a tree in the Hurigaswewa area last morning.

The child had been cutting a branch of a jackfruit tree in a land close to his house when the branch had fallen onto a high-voltage cable.

According to the Police, the child who had been electrocuted had fallen off the tree, resulting in his death. 

A 62-year-old woman living in a house nearby, who had used the child to cut the tree, has been arrested over the death.

The Hurigaswewa Police is conducting investigations into the incident. (Newswire)