17 year old drowns in canal

09 Dec 2015 - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}}

The body of a seventeen year old youth was discovered this morning in a canal in Melwatta, Grandpass.

Police said that according to eye witness reports, the youth had been playing near the canal and had got stuck in the mud when he had gone to reover a ball that had been fallen into the canal.

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