Probe on speeding cop

13 August 2010 08:50 am

By Krishan Jeewaka Jayaruk


An investigation has been launched on the driver of a speeding police jeep which killed a medical laboratory assistant of the Kamburupitiya blood bank in Kumburupitiya this morning.

The victim, B.K.Teleska Dilani  (34) was a mother of two children. The jeep belonging to the Kalutara Police Training College was transporting police officers on special duty to the Hambantota Port.

Another pedestrian was also injured in the accident and was admitted to the Matara General Hospital. The driver of the police jeep was to be produced before the Matara magistrate this afternoon.

HQI Matara Nishantha Herath, and OIC Traffic L.P.B. Samarasinghe are conducting further inquiries on the instructions of SSP Matara, Ranjith Padmasiri.