A Railway guard and 15 passengers were injured when a train derailed at Agbopura in Galoya today afternoon, Railway officials said.
The train was coming to Trincomalee from Galoya.
Initial investigations revealed that the brakes were malfunctioning .
The Head guard was in a critical condition. The injured were admitted to the Kantale hospital.
Two night mail trains between Colombo Fort and Trincomalee, scheduled for tonight, have been cancelled owing to the derailment.
Accordingly, the Trincomalee-bound train departing from Colombo and the Colombo-bound train from Trincomalee will not be functioning tonight (April 07).
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Yoshitha Rajapaksa has been arrested by the CID in Beliatta, the Police said.
Yoshitha Rajapaksa has been remanded until January 27.
The CID has arrested Susantha de Silva, former Managing Director of the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) for allegedly misappropriating 6.1 million rupees in 2014.
Sri Lanka Railways is enhancing services for the popular ’Ella Odyssey’ train to boost tourism.
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