10 October 2023 08:28 am Views - 1786
Two constables of the Police Special Task Force (STF) have died and five other officers injured after a Defender jeep in which they were travelling collided with a cow and crashed onto a wall in Vavuniya last night.
Police said the Defender belonging to Vavuniya Madukanda Special Task Force Camp with 07 officers, a SWAT team, was travelling towards Vavuniya town when the accident occurred on the Horowpathana Road near the 02nd mile post in Ramba Kulam.
Two constables, aged 29 and 31, residing in Kurunegala and Medawachchiya died after being admitted to the Vavuniya Hospital.
The police constable driver, a sub-inspector, two police sergeants and a police constable of the Defender jeep who were injured are undergoing treatment at the Vavuniya Hospital.
Vavuniya Police is conducting further investigations.(Darshana Sanjeewa Balasuriya)
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