Salawa: Man killed by concrete beam

A 68-year-old man had been crushed to death by a concrete beam of a building at Salawa, Kosgama today, the Police said.

They said the victim, a resident at Ethugala Niwasa in Salawa, had been clearing the debris of a building which had been destroyed in the ammunition explosion at Salawa Army camp recently.

He was pronounced dead on admission to the Salawa Hospital.