Thiruvananthapuram: Boy dies after falling into stream

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A 10-year-old boy died on Sunday after he slipped and fell into an overflowing stream near his house while walking along with his father. The tragedy occurred near Kudappanakunnu Devi Temple under Mannanthala police station limits.
Dev, son of Sreelal, who is an engineer at Doordarshan Kendra here and Divya S Kumar of Rajasaras house at Kudappanakunnu, is the deceased.
According to police, the mishap occurred around 4.30 pm on Sunday when Sreelal took Dev out to go to a shop nearby. Dev reportedly slipped and fell into the stream. Owing to the incessant rains, the current was strong in the stream. Dev was swept away a few feet before people in the vicinity pulled him out of the stream. Though he was taken to the hospital, he died around 6 pm.
The police said the stream was not deep enough for a child to drown. But, the water might have entered the boy's lungs owing to the heavy flow. Dev was a child with learning disabilities and was a lower primary student of Government Higher Secondary School, Pattom. He is survived by his parents, twin brother Devesh and elder sister Diya.