21 January 2022 10:31 am
Multiple vehicle collisions on the Southern Expressway (E-01) were reported this morning between Kottawa and Kahathuduwa interchanges, the expressway police said.
They said four vehicles collided between the two interchanges while the vehicles were moving towards Kottawa from Kahathuduwa. The accident was reported at 9.45 a.m.
According to the expressway operation, maintenance and management division's Deputy Director's office, three Ukrainians (father, mother, and son) who were returning to Colombo on the expressway met with the accident first. And later, the vehicles that were coming from behind rammed against the other vehicles one after another. People in the other vehicles were not injured, they said.
One person sustained minor injuries. It was reported that due to the accident, there was a massive traffic jam and the expressway police cleared the road immediately. (Chaturanga Samarawickrama)
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