A 21-year-old university student from Hapugala, Galle, has died after falling from the Galle Fort ramparts last evening.

Police said the student, an undergraduate of General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, fell around 7.40 p.m. while visiting the fort with friends.

He sustained severe injuries after falling onto rocks at a spot commonly used for cliff jumping and later succumbed at the Karapitiya National Hospital.

Police are investigating the incident.