26 March 2021 12:06 am
A nursery school student who was traveling home in the school van died after falling from the van near the Hunuketiya junction on the Ella-Wellawaya road last afternoon, Police said.
They said the victim is a five-year-old student who is a resident of Uva Karandagolla, Ella.
The child who was thrown out of the door of the van was taken to the Wellawaya Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
The driver of the school van was arrested in connection with the incident.