Sri Lanka, July 1 -- Four school students out of a group of five who went by canoe to pick flowers in Mangalapura Willuwa area of Bandaranayakepura in the Wanathavilluwa Police Division have died from drowning.

Police Media Division stated that the accident occurred yesterday (30) afternoon when their boat capsized while the five students were travelling in it where one student managed to escape and survive by swimming to safety while the other four children drowned. The deceased children were 16-years-old and residents of Bandaranayakepura and Mangalapura areas.

Initially, the four drowned students have been admitted to the Wanathavilluwa Hospital and later, three of them who were in critical condition were transferred to the Puttalam ...