Series of Tragic Accidents Reported on December 15 and 16

This afternoon (16), a Langama bus veered off the road in the Katulanda area of ​​Delgoda, causing alarm among passengers and bystanders.

Earlier this morning (16), a father and daughter traveling on a motorcycle in front of the fish market on William Gopalawa Mawatha, Kandy, were involved in a tragic accident. While attempting to avoid a collision with another vehicle, they braked suddenly and fell. Sadly, the 17-year-old daughter, a resident of Gelioya, lost her life on the spot.

In another incident this morning (16), a car driver lost control near a culvert and the vehicle stopped precariously on an iron pipe carrying water in the Kalugagana, Vallewela area on the Hettipola-Dambulla road. The driver sustained injuries.

Yesterday (15), a van carrying a group from Galle on a picnic rolled off the road in the Ilukkumbura area on the Rivaston-Laggala road. Eight people were injured, and one person passed away after being admitted to the Laggala hospital.

Additionally, a railway mishap occurred yesterday morning (15) at the Beliatta railway station when the engine of a train traveling from Beliatta to Anuradhapura was mistakenly directed onto the wrong track and collided with another parked Sagarika train.

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