IP killed, family injured in head-on collision

30 September 2018 11:04 am

An Inspector of Police attached to the Police Field Force Headquarter had been killed and his wife, his two children and another woman were injured in a head-on collision involving a car and a jeep in Boralesgamuwa early this morning, the Police said.

They said the IP and his family members, who were travelling in the car towards Boralesgamuwa, had collided with the jeep at Wickremaratne Mawatha in Boralesgamuwa.

They said the injured were admitted to the Colombo South (Kalubowila) Teaching Hospital and the IP had succumbed to his injuries.

They said that Inspector’s wife and his two sons, 21 and five, were undergoing treatment the 5-year-old boy was transferred to the Colombo National Hospital.

The female driver of the jeep was arrested over the accident.

She was also injured in the accident and was undergoing treatment at the Hospital under Police Custody, they said.

The 51-year-old Inspector was identified as a resident of Boralesgamuwa. (Darshana Sanjeewa)

 

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