Lorry with 1500 chickens drown in Victoria Reservoir

11 June 2021 04:45 pm

A truck transporting chickens slammed on to  a bridge and thrown into the Galmal Oya at Moragahamula on the Kandy-Mahiyangana Road resulting in the death of the driver and 1,500 chickens.

The deceased driver is a resident of Katukithula, Millagahamula and a father of one.

The chickens said to have been transported to Gampola.(J.A.L. Jayasinghe and Chandana Uduwawala)