Teenage pillion rider falls to his death [November 23 2013]

A 10-year-old boy who was riding on the pillion of a motorcycle ridden by a 14-year-old boy fell to his death when the motorcycle toppled on the road in Wakkumbura area, the police said.

The victim identified as K D Saman Udayakumara (10) succumbed to his injuries after admitted to the Badulla Hospital. The other boy is being treated in a critical condition.

An eyewitness had told the police that the elder boy who had lost the control of the motorcycle due to the speed they were riding and had toppled on the Kirinda – Wakkumbura main road.