Female undergrad falls from university building

A first-year female undergraduate attached to the Peradeniya University Arts Faculty was seriously injured after falling off the third floor of Ramanathan Hall and was admitted to the Peradeniya Teaching Hospital on April 21 afternoon.

Police investigations revealed that she had fallen off while trying to tie a clothes line to hang her washed clothes around 6.30 p.m.

The student is a resident of Mapakadawala, Mahiyanga, Vice Chancellor Upul Dissanayake said.