Three killed, one injured in three-wheeler accident

18 July 2016 09:06 am

Three people were killed and another injured when a three-wheeler collided head on with a bus at Kahawennagama in Habaraduwa on the Galle-Matara Main Road last night.

Police said the bus travelling from Colombo to Matara had collided with the three wheeler arrived from opposite direction when the bus driver had attempted to overtake a lorry.

The four injured three-wheeler passengers and the driver had been admitted to the Karapitiya Hospital and three of the injured succumbed to their injuries.

The victims were residents of Boossa.(D.G. Sugathapala)