A 32-year-old woman and her three-year-old son have died after they were run over by a cab near a junction on the Padeniya-Anuradhapura road, police said.
The mother and son have died on admission to the Mahawa hospital. Police spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said the driver and two others who were in the cab have fled the scene while eight persons who were inside the vehicle have been arrested.
The death toll in the Ella bus accident has increased to 15 with 16 others injured.
The Deputy Director of the Colombo National Hospital, Dr Rukshan Bellana today declared that he was prepared to face any disciplinary inquiry over the comments he made regarding the medical condition of former President Ranil Wickremesinghe.
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