15 August 2023 07:54 am Views - 1679
Three persons were killed and eight others injured after in an accident involving a van and two lorries on the A-9 main road at Panichchankulam in Mankulam early this morning.
Police said the accident occurred when a van travelling towards Jaffna from Colombo collided on the back of a parked lorry and the lorry collided with another lorry in front of it.
The driver of the first lorry was out of the vehicle when the van crashed and he was trapped between the two lorries and sustained serious injuries.
A person who was on the back of the lorry and a person on the front passenger seat of the van were seriously injured and all three died while being taken to the Mankulam Hospital.
Also, three women who were travelling in the van and five others in the two lorries were injured and taken to Kilinochchi Hospital and Mankulam Hospital.
The deceased were aged 38, 46 and 58 and were residents of Mulleriya New Town, Wellampitiya and Jaffna.
The driver of the van has been arrested in connection with the accident.(Sithum Chaturanga)