State Minister Range Bandara's son among injured in accident

The son of State Minister Palitha Range Bandara and the Chairman of the Puttalam Pradeshiya Sabha have been admitted to the Chilaw Hospital due to injuries sustained in a road accident this morning (6).

The two were injured when the double cab they were in lost control and smashed into a house at Bangadeniya-Kottapitiya Junction along the Chilaw-Puttalam Main Road at around 12.50am. 

The injured have been identified as Yashodha Range Bandara (25) and Puttalam Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman Anjana Sandaruwan. The Puttalam PS Chairman however, has been discharged from hospital after undergoing treatment. 

Both the double cab and the house it crashed into have sustained damage in the incident. 

Arachchikattuwa Police are conducting further investigations. 

Text and Pix by Jayaratne Wickramaarachchi in Karuwalagaswewa

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