Embankment collapse kills 2-year-old child, injures two others

A-two-year-old girl was killed and two others injured when an earth embankment collapsed on their house in Maliboda, Deraniyagala today, Police said.

The girl had died on the admission to the Deraniyagala Hospital while the little girl’s mother and her four and half-year-old sibling were among those injured.

Police said the collapse of the earth bank was triggered by the heavy rains in the area. (TK)