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Father of 2 , falls 40 feet to his death after liquor
View(s):A 52-old-year man under the influence of liquor, fell off a 40-foot building in Welipenna and died, the Coroner’s court was told.
The victim, H.M Dharmasena was the owner of a grocery shop and a father of two.
His wife W.D Priyanthi, 44, giving evidence, said,“Around 8 p.m, two of his friends came home and they had gone to the bar and had bought a bottle of arrack.
“Subsequently, his two friends left, leaving my husband alone. Around 10 p.m., while trying to get out of the building, he had fallen off,” she said.
He was rushed to the National Hospital Colombo where he succumbed to his injuries.
Judicial Medical Officer Dr. D.I.H. Ratnayaka in his postmortem report said that death was due to injuries to the spinal cord and the skull, caused by the fall.