Child dies after drinking soft drink

17 February 2011 09:17 am

An 11-year old girl died and her mother was admitted to the Polonnaruwa hospital after they had developed an adverse reaction to a soft-drink they had consumed last night, police said. 

The child’s father who worked in army had bought the soft drink from a shop on his way back home and given them to his wife and to the eldest child, Polonnaruwa police stated. (K.G.Karunarathne)