Three killed, 8 injured in accident involving 3 vehicles on A-9 Road

15 August 2023 07:54 am Views - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}} 2 Bookmark

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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)

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Van driver still alive to be arrested! Tuesday, 15 August 2023 09:24 AM

What do we call the speed of the van? Supersonic? Hypersonic? The force was so enormous, that it propelled a heavier parked lorry to go and crash against another lorry in front! And the van driver is still alive to be arrested!

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Regular night time road user abroad. Tuesday, 15 August 2023 10:30 AM

The problem is road side parking with no hazard warning lights, that is flashing lights both back and front side of the parked vehicle. Absence of flashing lights,confuse drivers approaching from behind , not to realise there is a parked vehicle in front.The driver thinks that the vehicle in front is on the move. The head lights of the vehicle behind lights up the back reflective lights of the parked vehicle. Early hours it’s too late to realise it’s a parked vehicle.

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