A speeding van crashed into motorcycle, truck and a tree near the Passarayaya junction on the Sella Kataragama–Kataragama road last night killing two persons and leaving four injured, Police said.
Police said that the driver had lost control of the vehicle due to the speed.
The two persons killed were identified as Dishan Ranasinghe and Chanaka Lakshan. Both were 24 years of age.
The truck they crashed into belonged to the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB).
Text and pix by: Sumanasiri Gunatillake
The deceased - Dishan Ranasinghe and Chanaka Lakshan
The Cyclonic Storm “Ditwah” moved further north from Trincomalee today evening leaving a trail of destruction including more than 90 deaths, over 100 missing and tens of thousands displaced, officials said.
A third rescue attempt to save 28 people trapped on the rooftop of a farm building in Vithikuliya, Nikaweratiya, has failed due to the dangerous water surge from the Deduru Oya.
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All passengers of a bus swept away by rising floodwaters on the Kalawewa Bridge along the Anuradhapura–Puttalam road have been rescued, Navy Commander Vice Admiral Kanchana Banagoda said.
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