A school girl was seriously injured when she attempted to commit suicide by jumping off the overhead bridge opposite Dharmapala College, Pannipitiya after failed love affair.
She had fallen on the roof of a van plying from Maharagama to Kottawa. She was admitted to the Homagam base hospital in and then transferred to the Colombo National Hospital. A Colombo National Hospital spokesman told the Daily News that her condition is serious. Preliminary Police investigations have also revealed that the girl had allegedly had an affair with a relative who had recently given money to her to buy a smart phone.