Three workers die in tragic accident

14 March 2014 02:49 pm

Three construction workers died this evening when a concrete beam collapsed on them at a construction site near Jayanthi Mawatha, Kottunna Place in Kaduwela, Police Media Spokesperson SSP Ajith Rohana said.

The victim contract workers had been working on the new highway stretch linking Kaduwela and Peliyagoda which is now under construction.

Two workers had died on the spot while the other had succumbed to his injuries at the Biyagama hospital.