Jananath Warakagoda remanded over accident

Popular artiste Jananath Warakagoda was arrested and remanded today over an accident in which a 62-year-old woman was killed at Kirillawela.

The woman was knocked down on the pedestrian crossing on the Kandy-Colombo Main Road at Kirillawela in Kadawatha today.

The victim was pronounced dead on admission to the Colombo North Teaching Hospital. She was a resident of Suriyapaluwa, Kadawatha.  

Warakagoda was produced in the Mahara Magistrate's Court and was remanded till March 18.