Pragathi Mahilal, Sales Manager for the Daily Mirror Financial Times and his four-year-old daughter, Viduni Mahilal, were killed in a road accident yesterday morning.
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| Pragathi Mahilal |
Pragathi, his wife and three children were on their way to visit his mother, who lives in Anuradhapura, when his car collided with a CTB bus at Kawarakulama, close to Anuradhapura town.
The family members were rushed to the Anuradhapura Hospital, but because of the serious nature of their injuries, Pragathi and Viduni were transferred to the Kandy General Hospital.
Pragathi died on the way, and Viduni succumbed to her injuries while undergoing emergency surgery at the Kandy hospital.
Pragathi had been a computer consultant for Wijeya Newspapers Ltd for more than 15 years. He had also worked as manager of the newspaper group’s PC Quest Magazine. |
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