Accident kills five

24 June 2012 01:07 pm

At least five people including two women were killed and several injured following an accident in Dambokka, Pothuhera a short while ago, police said.

They said the victims from Boyagane, Kurunegala  were travelling home in a three wheeler from Colombo after attending a wedding. The accident had taken place when their three wheeler collided head-on with a Colombo-bound private bus in Dambokka.


Three of the victims were identified as Vijayamuni Arachchige Sarachchandra (54), Thusitha Nalaka Ranasinghe (30) and three wheeler driver Edirisinghe Arachchige Sumith Chandraratne (47).

The bodies lie at the Kurunegala hospital. (Sanath Desmond)