Sri Lanka, May 26 -- A school teacher has died after drowning while swimming in the sea at Kirinda Beach, police said.

A group of teachers and students from a school in Badalkumbura had gone swimming at Kirinda when they were caught in a strong sea current and swept away.

Police stated that officers from the lifeguard unit, who were on duty along the beach, managed to rescue the group.

A teacher and a schoolgirl who were in critical condition were admitted to the Kirinda Hospital, where the teacher was later pronounced dead.

The deceased has been identified as a 56-year-old school teacher from Badalkumbura.

The critically injured schoolgirl was later transferred from the Kirinda Hospital to the Tissamaharama Base Hospital for further...