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Accordingly, the Matale police say that two persons have died in a head-on collision between a bus and a three-wheeler in the Kongahamula area of Matale on the Kandy-Jaffna road.
Two women, aged 57 and 17, residents of the Wattegama Meegammana North area, have died in this accident.
Another accident occurred when a private bus driving from Dambulla towards Matale collided with a three-wheeler in front of an SLTB bus parked on the side of the road. A mother, a father and a daughter who were travelling in the three-wheeler and the driver of the three-wheeler were injured and admitted to the Matale hospital, while the driver's mother and sister succumbed to their injuries.
Meanwhile, a pedestrian died on admission to the hospital after a motorcycle collided with him on the Lihinagala-Damwelodaya road in Hambegamuwa. He was is resident of the Damwelodaya area.
In another accident reported, the driver of a tractor and 10 others were injured and one of them died when a bus collided with a tractor in the Jayabima area of the Colombo-Puttalam road, police said.
The deceased is a 58-year-old woman from the Giribawa area. The injured were admitted to the Chillaw Hospital.
Police say that one person died and another was injured after a truck crashed into a motorcycle in Parasangaswewa on the Anuradhapura-Rambewa road.
This accident occurred when the motorcycle travelling from Rambewa towards Anuradhapura collided with the truck coming from the opposite direction while taking a right turn. The pillion rider died in the accident while the rider was injured and admitted to the Rambewa Hospital. The deceased is a 57-year-old resident of Parasangaswewa.