Seven persons were killed in two separate accidents that occurred in Alawwa and Ella early hours yesterday (22). A group of five persons working for a construction site returning in their car after attending a funeral collided head on with a load of sand tipper at Alawwa 10th mile post.
The car was traveling from Warakapola to Kurunegala and a tipper traveling from Kurunegala to Colombo collided.
Meanwhile two persons were killed and three others were injured when a van veered off the road near the Ravana falls, in Ella-Wellawaya road yesterday (22) police said.
The van which was heading towards the Ella fell into a precipice of about 150 feet near the Ella Rock Hotel at around 6.00 am yesterday(22).The injured were admitted to the Wellawaya, Sirigala and Badulla hospitals. Pix by Palitha Ariyawansa
Pixs from Wellawaya accident.
First Bishop of the Batticaloa Diocese, Retired Bishop Joseph Ponnaiya, passed away today at the age of 74, following a brief illness.
The NPP government has been at the wheel for almost 6 months now. The time to keep looking at the rear view mirror and living in the past is about over.
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