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Road deaths continue unabated with 5 deaths and 54 hospitalised
View(s):At least five persons, including two women and a soldier, were killed and 54 others including children were injured, some critically, in four separate motor accidents in several parts of the country yesterday, police said. Two women were killed, when the cab they were traveling in crashed onto a roadside tree at Thabuttegama in the Anuradhapura area early yesterday.
The victims were travelling from Horana to Anuradhapura when the incident took place. Nine others in the same vehicle sustained injuries and were removed to the Anuradhapura Hospital. One person was killed and 18 injured when a Kandy-Panadura private bus and coach collided at Bingiriya, police said.
According to police, the deceased was the driver of the coach, while the injured were mainly female apparel workers heading for work.
Meanwhile, a soldier heading for duty at the Weerawila Army Camp, died when the motorcycle he was riding crashed onto a roadside tree on the Ratnapura-Embilipitiya Road yesterday afternoon.
In another accident at Palali in Jaffna a motorcyclist was killed after he was hit by a private passenger bus yesterday morning.
On Friday night, 30 people were injured, some seriously, when the coach they were travelling in, rolled over at a sharp curve at Bisogama, close to the Maradanwila Farm in the Chilaw area, police said.
Among the injured were seven children and 12 women. The victims were returning from a wedding ceremony when the incident took place. Police blamed the driver for driving at excessive speed, and apparently under the influence of alcohol. (LB)
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