Bodies of two gem miners recovered

23 December 2013 05:10 am

The bodies of the two men, who died inside thegem pitatAngammana in Ratnapura were recovered early this morning,Police said. The victims,a 39-year-old resident of Alapatha North in Angammana and a 40-year-old resident of Lelumpitiya, were trapped inside the 30-foot deep gem pitlast evening when it collapsed as a result of water leaking into the pit.

The two bodies were sent to the Ratnapura Hospital for the postmortem examination. (Sanath Desmond)