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An eight-year-old student of Ananda College, Colombo was fatally injured after being pinned against a wall by a lawn roller in the school premises.

Police revealed student Sinith Wijesinha from Kaduwela was killed in the accident .

Hospital sources said the student was pronounced dead upon admission to the Lady Ridgeway Hospital.

The Director of the Lady Ridgeway Hospital Dr. Rathnasiri Hewage said that no obvious external injuries were visible on the deceased student.

“He was brought in at 7.50 a.m. and was dead at the time he was brought to the hospital. Every effort was made to resuscitate him but to no avail. There were no external injuries visible, so we ordered an inquest. The coroner would ask for a judicial post mortem from the Judicial Medical Officer and only then can the internal damage and exact cause of death be determined,” Hewage said.

Because the cause of death was unclear and on a request by Education Minister Bandula Gunawardena who visited the hospital, Dr. Hewage said an inquest had been arranged and the body was transferred to the Police mortuary for the post-mortem examination. 
 
Meanwhile, some of the Ananda College primary school teachers expressed their displeasure at the manner in which the school activities were conducted following the accident. 
 
“A school event held to mark the admission of high scorers of the scholarship examination was held as planned and the school administration behaved as if the tragedy never took place. It is quite distressing,” the teachers told Daily Mirror. 
 
However, Ananda College Principal, Kithsiri Liyanagamage said, “It is true the events scheduled for today was carried out as planned but we took measures to exclude the entertainment in the itinerary. I believe it was the right course of action because no good would have come out of distressing all the students in the school,” he said. 
 
Mr. Liyanagamage said the hand roller was not placed in a way that would pose a risk to students who were playing in the grounds. “What happened to Seneth was unfortunate but I don’t believe the school should be held responsible or be blamed for negligence,” he said.  
 
Seneth is the only son in a family of three children and had been residing at Pothuwarawa in Malabe. His father is an old boy of Ananda College - class of ’93. 
 
 
Student’s death due to nasty bang of blunt object: JMO
 
The post-mortem conducted by the Colombo JMO Rahul Haque into the death of the student who was killed after being squeezed between the handle of a hand-roller and a wall, pronounced, the cause of death was the severe injuries sustained to his chest and stomach.
 
After the Maligakanda Acting Magistrate Lloyd Gray had recorded his observations at the site of the accident, the magisterial inquiry was conducted at the mortuary of the Lady Ridgeway Hospital, and the body of the child was handed over to his father.
 
 “Teachers of the school should have been watchful of children’s activities and if it had been so, this tragedy wouldn’t have happened,” dead child’s grandfather Jayantha Wijesinhe said. 

 


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  • Clifford Perera Tuesday, 21 January 2014 07:15 AM

    Where were the teachers all this time?
    Are primary students allowed to play in the ground without supervision?

    mohamed asfar Thursday, 23 January 2014 06:20 AM

    rest in peace son. my heart goes out to your family. accidents are inevitable in this world. god bless us all.

    wije Wednesday, 22 January 2014 10:19 AM

    Puthe, Oyata niwan suwa labewa.

    DHA Wednesday, 22 January 2014 08:53 AM

    Only God knows what had happen to the poor child.....

    DHA Wednesday, 22 January 2014 08:51 AM

    Thats the first question which came into my mind......at least there would've been a mark....not so sure there was some other incident had taken place and the school is covering-up for it......

    BE Wednesday, 22 January 2014 08:43 AM

    what a painful death it must have been. for no reason at all. may you attain nirvana and may your parents have the strength to get through this tragedy

    pearl Wednesday, 22 January 2014 08:39 AM

    pls god pls takecare of my frnd prabth n his wyf ..gv thm strength...I kw its vry hard situvtn...today I saw hw ulr surfer...

    Liitle cry baby Wednesday, 22 January 2014 08:15 AM

    Nangi use ur brain. Internal injuries which caused the death

    Inguru Nangi Wednesday, 22 January 2014 02:03 AM

    What has it got to do with the lawn roller when there were no external injuries?

    Samantha Tuesday, 21 January 2014 05:37 AM

    Shocking !!! SL should create awareness and legislation on safety measures, especially in areas children frequent. We are terribly slacking when it comes to safety and this poor child had to pay the ultimate price. A terrible terrible tragedy.

    Our hearts are with the parents of this child.

    Watch Dog Tuesday, 21 January 2014 07:03 AM

    It is a shame that this had happened in a very popular school in Colombo. Safety should come first before anything is done.
    A terrible loss to the parents!

    Manoj Weragoda Tuesday, 21 January 2014 06:25 AM

    This seems not by a mistake cos its a manually operated lawn roller.

    ANTON Tuesday, 21 January 2014 06:20 AM

    SHAME, SAFETY FIRST SHOULD BE FIRST STARTED FROM LEADING SCHOOLS.

    laankikiya Tuesday, 21 January 2014 06:19 AM

    This is un-belivable ,how could this happened?

    hrm Tuesday, 21 January 2014 06:16 AM

    Absolute shock !!! How come this happen ? Utter negligence. Couldn't even imagine how the parents realize this enormous tragedy. May they get all the courage and strength to face this

    mota Tuesday, 21 January 2014 06:02 AM

    So sad. For someone else ignorance poor kid had to sacrifice. Its a pity. Anyway may the kid attain the supreme bliss of Nirvana.

    Mm Tuesday, 21 January 2014 05:59 AM

    My heartfelt condolence to the family!
    Some local school premises r death traps cos they do construction work and paint work on scafoldongs while the children r in school!!!!


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