Three killed following accidents on E01 and E03 highways
August 29, 2016 10:04 am
In two separate accidents, three people have died and one injured following road accidents occurred on the E01 and E03 highways, police said.
Two persons, aged 25 and 23 year-old, were killed and a 19-year-old was injured after a car they were traveling in crashed into a lamp post on Katunayake highway near the interchange at Ja-Ela this morning (29).
The injured person with life threatening injuries has been admitted to the Colombo National Hospital.
In another accident, a 25-year-old has succumbed to injuries following a crash involving a car and a cab on the southern highway in Akmeemana last evening.
His remains are kept at the Karapitiya hospital pending an autopsy.