Boy Drowns While Trying To Get Ball Out Of Quarry During Cricket Match

The fire brigade personnel rushed to the spot after being alerted, but could not trace him, officials said.

A 17-year-old boy drowned in a water-filled quarry at Virar in Maharashtra's Palghar district while trying to get a ball out of it when he was playing cricket nearby, a fire brigade official said on Saturday.

The incident occurred on Thursday evening, he said.

"The boy, identified as Yash Solkar, tried to get the ball that fell into the water-filled quarry out of it when he was playing a game of cricket on Thursday evening. However, he drowned in the water body," the official said.