A police officer died when a car fell in to a canal in the Giribawa area, in Kurunegala.

 The motor vehicle which was plying from Tambuththegama to Paalu weva toppled into a canal situated in the Giribawa, Paalu wewa, Rajanganaya area.

The police stated that accident occurred at 11 p.m on Sunday.  The deceased was a police constable attached to the Nikaweratiya Police Unit. The victim, W.M. Senarath Bandara was a thirty-one-year-old and was a father of one.

 The body has been currently placed in the Girabawa Hospital.

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