Four members of the same family were killed when a three-wheeler collided with a train at Rillama in Ratgama this afternoon.
The victims were the driver of the three-wheeler (46), his wife (47), as well as his father and mother-in-law, both aged 84.
All four were pronounced dead on admission to the Karapitiya Teaching Hospital.
The three-wheeler was attempting to enter the Galle-Colombo Road when it collided with the Vavuniya bound train from Galle at the railway crossing. Ratgama police have commenced investigations into the cause of the accident.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
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