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Consequences of careless driving
View(s):Consequent to a dramatic rise in road accidents, moves are afoot to bring in new legislation to help minimise the number of accidents.
Story and pix by Kanchana Kumara Ariyadasa, Hiran Priyankara and Rahul Samantha Hettiarachchi
Statistics reveal around 8 –10 persons die daily on our roads, while several others are injured.
Cameramen of ‘The Sunday Times’ captured several such events.
In a freak accident at Dambulla, a car crashed into a house when the driver fell asleep at the wheel. Two women and a child who were injured and trapped in their room were rescued by villagers.
In another incident, also at Dambulla, a 50-year-old woman who was first hit by a motorbike and then thrown under the wheels of a speeding luxury vehicle succumbed to her injuries.
The victim’s sister and a wayside vendor were also seriously injured in the incident and admitted to the Dambulla hospital. The driver claimed he was blinded by the head-lights of an on-coming vehicle.
On 14 September at Puttalam, a van skidded off the road and crashed into a bridge. According to the police the driver who was thrown out of the vehicle sustained serious injuries and was admitted to the Puttalam hospital.
At Hambantota the Lunugamvehera police reported the death of a 16-year-old who died when the van he was travelling in skidded off the road and hit a tree.
Words cannot sufficiently describe the horror of this accident at Tangalle
The driver of this van was seriously injured when the vehicle skidded off the road
Thirteen persons were injured in this bus accident at Melsiripura
This car crashed into a house at Dambulla injuring and trapping 2 women and a child who were asleep in their room.