Vakarai girl drowns

26 September 2010 07:47 am

An eight year old girl from Vakarai, drowned in the Verugal River this morning while on a pilgrimage to the Citra Velayudha Swami Kovil’s annual festival in Verugal, Trincomalee with her relatives. The brother of the victim, who was also caught by the river currents, was saved.