One person dead, five rescued in Duplication road flooding

One person dead, five rescued in Duplication road flooding

One person has died due to the flooding of the ground floor of a new building being constructed on the Colombo - Kollupitiya Duplication Road.

The ground floor was completely submerged by heavy rains last night, killing one person who was working on site.

Police stated that the body of the deceased was found this morning after a difficult search and rescue operation. Five people stranded on the ground floor, was later rescued.