Mother,two daughters electrocuted in Kandy

A mother and her two daughters were injured after being electrocuted when their van veered off the road and knocked against a high voltage electric post at Kiribathkumbura on the Colombo-Kandy main road yesterday.

The post had collapsed onto the road when the van being veered off the road and hit the high tension post dragging it down.This incident resulted in a massive traffic jam on the Colombo - Kandy main road.

The injured have been admitted to a Peradeniya hospital while the condition of a one is serious.