Sri Lanka, May 17 -- A three-year-old boy lost his life when his father fell through a broken wooden plank in an attic and landed directly on him.

The father had gone up to retrieve a water hose.

Gampola Police stated that the father sustained severe injuries during the unexpected incident and remains hospitalised.

The victim was identified as Mohamed Ayad, a three-year-old resident of Pihilladeniya in the Adiakadavatha area of Naranwita, Gampola.

Police investigations revealed that the father climbed a ladder to the attic of his ancestral home this morning (17) to fetch a hose to wash his motorcycle.

When he stepped onto a wooden board in the loft, the timber snapped, causing him to plunge onto the little boy standing directly below...