One killed, 7 injured in expressway accident

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A 28-year-old woman was killed and seven other people were injured when a van skidded off the road and crashed into a safety fence at the 73 km post on the Southern Expressway this morning, Police said.

They said the van, belonging to the Agricultural Insurance Board was travelling from Kadawata to Godagama when the accident occurred.

The victim was a resident of Ratnapura. The injured were admitted to the Karapitiya Hospital.

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Sapu Tuesday, 08 December 2015 10:54 AM

The southern expressway is very low-quality and is the worst expressway in SL

warra Tuesday, 08 December 2015 12:30 PM

When will the authorities ever realise that it is compulsory to implement the law where all people in a vehicle wear a seat belt. It has been proven that seat belts save lives.

Nims Tuesday, 08 December 2015 01:39 PM

How many expressways we have in SL?

Warra Wednesday, 09 December 2015 02:05 AM

Sapu its not about the quality of the EP. People should start wearing seat belts.

sarath Wednesday, 09 December 2015 04:32 AM

this type of accidents do not occur daily. more than the quality of the road the quality of driving may be the cause of accidents. quality of the road can be judged only by experts also after through examination and not by looking at political affiliations.

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