Five die in a deadly car-train crash

27 November 2016 04:49 pm

Five persons died in a crash today involving a car and a train at a railway level crossing at Pothupitiya, the Wadduwa Police said.

According to the Wadduwa Police, the car had crossed the level crossing, while the train was reaching the crossing.

However the Police said it was not yet known whether the railway crossing gate was broken or there was no such gate.

The deceased are not yet identified and believed to be of the same family, they said.

The bodies are at the Panadura Base Hospital, they said.

 

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