Man knocked down by a train at Bambalapitiya

11 December 2013 06:33 am

A man selling ‘Kola Kenda’ in Bambalapitiya was run over by a train at around 8.15 a.m. today, police said. They identified the victim as 40-year-old Mohammed Thuwan, a resident of Raddoluwa.

Police said the van was parked right next to the railway track. Eyewitnesses alleged that it might have even been suicide.

Police said the train was on its way to Matara when the tragedy occurred.

Police investigations are continuing. ( Text and Picture by Rumana Razick)