Youth killed when descending mountain

26 September 2014 02:00 pm

A 26-year-old youth was killed while on a trip to Lakegala at Meemure in Udadumbara with some friends, police said.

They said three youths from Colombo were sliding down the mountain with the aid of a rope when suddenly the rope had snapped and one of them had fallen into the jungle near the mountain while the other two fell at the foot of mountain.

Police identified the deceased as Milindu Rasadun Perera of Malapalla in Homagama and an employee of a private telecommunication company.

The injured youths were admitted to the Ududumbara Hospital.

A police team had been despatched to the foot of the Lakegala Mountain to retrieve the body of the youth.

Police said this climbing this mountain was wrought with danger and had such was within a prohibited area.

Rescue operations had been hampered by heavy rains and the added possibility of landslides.  (Sanath Desmond)






File Pictures