The bodies of a mother and son were found trapped in the soil after a mound of earth collapsed Due to heavy rains on a two-storied house in the Thewatta Tumballyadda area of Warakapola.
The mound collapsed yesterday evening and the two-storied house was completely buried in the mound.
At that time, only the father, mother and one son of the family were staying in the house. Warakapola police say that the youngest son of this family was saved because he had gone to a tuition class.
The army team engaged in an operation to find the family members trapped in the soil and saved the house owner G. Premasiri’s life. The police say that although the army teams worked hard to save the lives of the fifty-year-old mother and 24 years old son named G. Dilshan, it was not an easy task to find the two of them who were stuck in the soil. The police stated that they were already dead when they found the place where they were trapped.
