Driver arrested over crash that killed police officer granted bail

The driver of the Defender involved in the road accident that claimed the life of the police officer, who helped foil the cash robbery at the Colombo National Hospital, has been granted bail.

When the case was taken up before Aluthkade Magistrate Court today (19), the suspect was released on two personal bails of Rs. 200,000.

A 24-year-old law student was arrested over the accident, which had taken place on June 11 and resulted in the death of one police officer and critically wounded another, 

It was later revealed that the suspect had been driving under the influence of alcohol at the time of the accident.

Police Constable Duleeka Yomal Alahapperuma, attached to the State Intelligence Service (SIS), who had assisted in recovering the Rs 7.9 million robbed from the Colombo National Hospital on June 09, succumbed to injuries three days after the accident.

He was receiving treatment at the Intensive Care Unit of the Colombo National Hospital at the time of his passing.

On June 11, the said Constable and another police officer, also attached to the SIS, were traveling on a motorcycle when it had collided with a Defender at the Thunmulla area.

The officers critically injured in the accident were then admitted to the Colombo National Hospital. However, the police constable, aged 22, had succumbed to the injuries during treatment.

Reportedly, the other police officer is still under medical care at the Colombo National Hospital.