One dead, 3 critical after train hits car at Hikkaduwa

UPDATE (9.30 p.m.) One person was killed while another three sustained serious injuries after a train collided with a car at a railway crossing in Dodanduwa, Hikkaduwa.

Four persons were critically wounded and hospitalised following the crash, however one of them had succumbed to injuries.

Police said that the accident had occurred at around 7.00 p.m. today (27) at the railway crossing located on Saranajothi Mawatha in Dodanduwa.

Ada Derana reporter said that the car had collided with the ‘Sagarika’ train traveling from Colombo to Matara and that all four persons traveling in the car have been admitted to the Karapitiya Teaching Hospital. They are said to be in critical condition.

A seven-year-old child is also reportedly among the injured passengers.

Hikkaduwa Police is investigating the incident.

This had also disrupted train services on the coastal line for several hours.