Four persons were killed in three different accidents reported from the Ahangama, Doratiyawa and Ethimale police areas, Police said today.
A cab, driven by a drunken driver, travelling on the Kurunegala – Dambulla road at Doratiyawa collided with a three-wheeler and motor cycle coming from the opposite direction today morning.
The three-wheel driver and a passenger were killed and two others were injured in the incident.
The driver of the cab has been arrested.
In Ahangama, on the Galle – Matara road, a motorcyclist riding at high speed crashed into a car coming in from the opposite direction.
The motor cyclist, a 45 year old person from Matara was killed in the incident.
In Ethimale, a jeep knocked down a pedestrian who later succumbed to his injuries at hospital. He was 72 years old.
The jeep driver was arrested.
The Department of National Zoological Gardens is readying enclosures to quarantine two large tortoises that were found stranded 15 kilometers westwards off Pitipana Negombo, today.
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