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Man (56) dies from 30-ft fall from roof
View(s):A 56-year-old man who fell off a roof of a bookshop at D.R. Wijewardene Mawatha, succumbed to his injuries early this week.
The deceased, Wijekoon Mudiyansege Piyasena, from Bandarawela, had come to Colombo on March 3, to repair the roof of his brother’s bookshop, before it was to be leased out.
While the victim was on the roof, a beam had given way and he crashed to the floor of the shop. He had been admitted to the National Hospital and was being treated at the Intensive Care Unit, where he succumbed to his injuries. At the Coroner’s court, the deceased’s niece, Thashmitha Imrani Herath said her uncle had climbed the 30-foot high roof, despite her warning him against climbing on to it.
“Two beams gave way when he climbed on the roof and, as a result, he fell on the cement floor”, she said Judicial Medical Officer Dr K. Wasthuahewa who conducted the postmortem said that death was due to damage to the skull and back brace consequent to a fall from a height. Inquirer into Sudden Death M. Ashroof Rumi said that death was due to an accident.