Sri Lanka, May 17 -- A three-and-a-half-year-old child has tragically died after falling into a water-filled pit in the Aliwanguwa area of Nagama.

Police report that the incident occurred yesterday evening while the child was playing.

The toddler reportedly fell into a pit filled with water, located approximately two hundred meters from the child's home, on a plot of land that had been dug for waste disposal.

After discovering that the child was missing, the parents, with the help of villagers, conducted a search operation until nightfall.

The child was found submerged in the water-filled pit.

The child was rushed to the Nagampaha Hospital last night for treatment, but police stated that the toddler had already passed away by the tim...