Boy drowns in river while collecting shells

News Network
April 19, 2018

Kasaragod, Apr 19: A 12-year-old boy drowned in a river near Kumbla on Tuesday evening.

Aveesh, son of Vikraman, a resident of Adukathbayal here, ventured into the Shiriya river for collecting shells along with friends after taking part in a birthday party at his mother’s ancestral residence at Shiriya.

Fire and Rescue Services personnel and the police rescued the boy and rushed him to a hospital nearby. But the attempts to revive him went in vain, the police said.

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