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A teenage motorcycle rider died at the National Hospital on Friday after he was injured in a collision with a three-wheeler driven by another teenager.
The accident took place at Dickwala in Kegalle. The victim, identified as 17-year-old Gayan Pethum, a Kegalle Maha Vidyalaya student, did not possess a riding licence, a coroner’s inquiry was told. The 14-year-old teenager who drove the three wheeler was arrested.

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Unfit for human consumption

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