Nochchiyagama Police says a school boy aged 13-years, died after being swept into a culvert at Bothalayagama in Nochchiyagama.
This incident occurred on Tuesday (22).
The victim was a student of Pahala Halmillewa Dutugemunu Vidyalaya.
The teenager had gone to Halmilkulama tank with his parents to bathe.
Then the water level at the tank has risen due to the release of water from Mahaweli River to the tank.