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Traffic OIC, hit-and-run victim, dies
View(s):The Borella Police traffic division Officer-in-Charge, Sagara Sarathchandra, who was seriously injured in a hit-and-run accident at the Bambalapitiya junction two weeks ago, died last night at the National Hospital, police said. He was 51.
The inspector had suffered severe head injuries and had been on a life support system. The passengers in the Defender jeep involved in the incident had fled the scene, but police later detected the vehicle and the driver was remanded. The victim was taken to hospital in a car that was passing by.