Lorry-truck collision claims one
Jayasiri PEDURUARACHCHI-Gandara group corr
One person died and eight others injured and admitted to the Matara
Hospital when a Canter lorry from Tissamaharama to Maharagama and a
truck carrying a load of cement from Galle to Ambalantota collided at
the Thalalla bend on the Kataragama-Matara road near the Thalalla lagoon
in the wee hours of yesterday.
The dead person and the injured were all travelling in the Canter
lorry after attending a wedding in Tissamaharama.
The deceased was identified as Lal of Maharagama. Police said all
occupants in the Canter lorry seemed to be after liquor. Investigations
are continuing directed by Gandara Police OIC Inspector Jagath
Wijayagunaratne.
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