Two dead after car plunges into Viyana Canal



Colombo, July 15 (Daily Mirror) - Two persons are reported dead after a car travelling on the Mahiyangana–Badulla main road veered off near the 17th post at Mapakadawewa and overturned into the Mahaweli Viyana Canal.

Officers from the Mapakadawewa Police Training Academy, Mahiyangana Police, and local residents launched a swift and coordinated rescue operation to recover the submerged vehicle. 

The two occupants were pulled out from the car and rushed to the Mahiyangana Base Hospital, where they were pronounced dead on admission.

 


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