School boy drowns while trying to retrieve cricket ball

Colombo, Oct. 6 (Daily Mirror) - A 17-year-old school boy has drowned after attempting to retrieve a cricket ball that had fallen into the swimming pool at his school in Dikwella.

Police said the incident took place while the student was playing cricket with his classmates when the ball accidentally fell into the pool. 

He had entered the water to recover it but had failed to resurface.

The deceased was identified as a Grade 12 student of Vijitha Maha Vidyalaya, Dikwella.