Sleeping man run over by lorry
A man who was sleeping under a lorry transporting timber, died when
the rear wheel of the lorry ran over him.
The incident occured opposite the Cabin Hotel in the Naula police
division.
According to police, the lorry which had stopped over for the night
was on the point of resuming its journey at around 6am on Saturday. The
driver had reversed the vehicle not knowing that a man was sleeping
under the lorry.
The deceased has been identified as Ratnayake Mudiyanselage Kudabanda,
45, of Nauala.
The lorry driver had been taken into custody. |