Two children die in rafting accident

26 January 2013 03:15 pm Views - 3314

Two children died today when their raft capsized in the Pudavaikattu lagoon in Trincomalee, police said.

The children aged 13 and 6, had been rafting in the lagoon located in Kuchchaveli, with their uncle when the incident occurred.

The bodies of the children have been recovered and are lying at the Kuchchaveli Village Hospital.


The relative who was with the children when the accident occurred has been hospitalised. (LP)