Diver killed while repairing sluice gate

7 April 2017 07:24 pm

A Navy diver was killed while repairing a faulty sluice gate of the Nagadeepa Reservoir in Rideemaliyadda today, Police said.

He was a member of a group of four divers and according to reports he was trapped under the sluice gate while attempting to repair it.

The 34-year-old Navy diver Sumith Chandana Kumara was found dead on admission to the Uraniya Hospital.

He was a resident of Mahakanadarawa.