Nanu-Oya tense after lorry runs over school girl

15 June 2017 09:27 am

A tense situation prevailed in Nanu-Oya after a lorry ran over a school girl at a pedestrian crossing this morning, police said.

They said, people in the area had set fire to the lorry and this has resulted in heavy traffic on the Hatton-Nuwara Eliya main road.

The lorry driver was arrested by the Nanu-Oya police.

The accident had occured around 7.25 this morning near the Nanu-Oya police station.

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