First fatal accident on E01

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A 26-year-old was killed when his car skidded off the road on the Southern Expressway (E01) reporting the first fatal accident on the expressway.

The victim was identified as the manager of a private establishment in Matara, Poltupitiyage Arosh Yeshan Cooray (26) of Dehiwala.

Inquiries revealed that the car ran off the road at the 21.1 kilometre post and had crashed into a wayside boulder. The body of the victim is currently at the Nagoda Hospital. The wreckage of the car was handed over to the Kalutara North Police.

Police are conducting further inquiries into the incident. (Buddhika Kumarasiri and Sarath Siriwardene) (Pix by Sarath Siriwardene)

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