Two killed, ten injured in accident

Two persons including one-year old child were killed and another ten persons were injured after a bowser collided with a tractor at Alankulama in Anuradhapura on the Anuradapura-Kurunegala main road early this morning.

Police said the 12 persons were travelling in the tractor, when the incident occurred and the bowser had crashed with the tractor from behind.
The victims were residents of Hindogama.

The injured were rushed to the Anuradhapura Hospital. The driver of the bowser had been arrested.