Family of three including 12-year-old killed in fatal crash

May 30, 2019 01:24 pm

A family of three including a 12-year-old boy have died in a fatal motor crash involving a three-wheeler and a container truck.

The accident took place at Sinharagama area on Puttalam-Anuradhapura road last evening (29).

It was reported that the three-wheeler in question had collided head-on against a container truck arriving from the opposite direction, as the three-wheeler had lost control of its speed.

The 48-year old couple and their son, who were inside the three-wheeler, had succumbed to injuries while being transported to the Nochchiyagama Hospital.

The driver of the container truck has been arrested over the incident.

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