The assistant of the tractor driver involved in the terrible tractor accident at Karaitivu in Ampara, who was formerly reported missing, has given up to the Karaitivu Police Station.According to Karaitivu Police, the tractor motorists assistant appeared by himself at the police station this morning (28) and was detained for threatening lives by unlawfully transferring guests in a tractor for monetary gain, regardless of warnings from security forces during the flood situation.Meanwhile, the bodies of four school children, another guest, and the tractor chauffeur associated with the event have been recovered.
Nevertheless, the Disaster Management Center (DMC) validated that 2 trainees are still missing.In different events connected to the adverse weather, an individual drowned while observing water spilling from the Mahakachchakodiya Tank in Vavuniya.
Another individual drowned after a boat overturned while fishing in the Yan Oya River, Trincomalee.Assistant Director of the DMC, Janaka Handunpathiraja, emphasized that numerous disaster-related casualties were triggered by people ignoring safety precautions in hazardous conditions.