It is reported that two people have died after a car driving on the Mahiyangana-Badulla main road veered off the road near the 17th pillar of Mapakadawewa and fell into the Mahaweli Vienna Canal.
Officers of the Mapakadawewa Police Training Academy, Mahiyangana Police and local residents worked hard to recover the vehicle.
The two occupants of the car were then taken out of it and admitted to the Mahiyangana Base Hospital. However, they were reported to have died at the scene.