A nine-year old child has died in an accident involving a petroleum bowser and a bicycle in Madurankuliya yesterday (Jul 16).
Police said the incident had occurred at around 8:20 pm along the Puttalam – Colombo main road.
The victim, Dilshan Madushanka, had collided with the bowser while taking a turn onto the main road. He had been heading towards a shop at the time of the incident.
The driver of the bowser and his vehicle are currently under police custody.
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
Read these and more on tomorrow’s edition of the Sunday Times
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