This Article is From Mar 07, 2012

15-year old boy drowns in tank

Udhagamandalam: A 15-year old student of a government school drowned in a water tank in the gold mines in Pandaloor.

The ninth standard student was playing with his friends after school hours by jumping across the tank this eveningwhen he and slipped in and drowned after hitting his head, police said.

The others informed some forest department officials who were passing by who retrieved the body with the help of police.

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