A 26-year-old youth drowned yesterday while bathing in the Deduru Oya in Chilaw. The victim was rushed to the Chilaw Hospital but was pronounced dead on admission.
The victim, a resident of Panadura, had been among a group that had been returning from a trip to Anuradhapura. They had decided to bathe in the Deduru Oya on their way home when the incident occurred. Chilaw Police are investigating.
The Colombo–Kandy main road at Pahala Kadugannawa has been closed indefinitely after a deadly rockfall in the area that left six people dead and four others injured.
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