Two killed due to electrocution

1 November 2012 10:03 am

A 58 year old mother and her 20 year old daughter were killed this afternoon while a 7 year old child sustained injuries and was admitted to the Kandy Hospital due to electrocution outside their home in Madawala Bazaar, Kandy , police said.

The mother had first got electrocuted when trying to tie a clothes line using a wire close to the electricity meter and her children who came to rescue her were electrocuted thereafter.