Vehicle transporting ballot boxes collides with lorry in Watawala

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A jeep belonging to the Agricultural Department that was transporting ballot boxes and election staff from the Gemini College counting centre to a polling station at Minuwandeniya in Ginigathhena collided with a lorry at Watawala causing minor injuries to four officials including the SPO.

The lorry was transporting firewood from Kitulgala to Hatton.

The Nuwara Eliya Asst. Commissioner of Elections immediately deployed a team of officials to transport the ballot boxes to the Ginigathnena polling station by another vehicle.(Ranjith Rajapakse)

Pix by Ranjith Rajapaksa

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