One killed in train-tipper collision

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One person was killed and another four were injured when a tipper truck collided with a train travelling from Rambukkana to Colombo at a Railway crossing in Vanawasala, Kelaniya this morning.

Police said the truck driver and four train passengers were admitted to the National hospital and one of them had succumbed to injuries at the hospital.

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Jagath Leanage Thursday, 07 April 2016 07:56 PM

There isn't a Rail Gate to this crossing I believe. How many accidents had happened in the recent past. Authorities are so blind and cant understand why they are not erecting a Gate.

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