It is reported that a 16-year-old school student has died after being hit by a train in Mulgampola area of Kandy.
Preliminary investigations have revealed that the student was making a call on his mobile phone yesterday (26) and while crossing the railway line, he was hit by the train traveling from Badulla to Kandy.
The deceased is Madabawala, a resident of Mahnuwara area who was studying in a public school in Kandy and the body has been deposited in the mortuary of Kandy Hospital and the Kandy Police are conducting further investigations in this regard.