• He had fallen to the ground while carrying the third can

Another senior citizen aged 76, who was returning from a fuel queue in Mirigama while taking diesel, has fainted and died on admission to the hospital. 

Police said the victim who was in a fuel queue had taken three cans of diesel and took two cans and placed them in his three-wheeler.   

He had fallen to the ground while carrying the third can and was rushed to the Mirigama Hospital by a police officer on duty.  Police said the victim had died on admission to the hospital. He had died of a suspected heart attack.