• The deceased Dulsi Dulhara Sathsarani was a Grade 12 student of Divulapitiya Gnanodaya National School
• They were riding on a motorcycle when a tipper lorry hit the rear of the motorcycle that turned to a by-road   

By Pushpakumara Mallawarachchi   

A 16-year-old schoolgirl died and her mother received serious injuries when they were knocked down by a tipper lorry at Hiralugedara on the Colombo-Kurunegala road on Thursday evening (17). They were riding on a motorcycle when a tipper lorry hit the rear of the motorcycle that turned to a by-road.    

The deceased Dulsi Dulhara Sathsarani was a Grade 12 student of Divulapitiya Gnanodaya National School. They were on their way to their ancestral home when they met with the accident. The girl had been pinned under a wheel of the tipper lorry.  

The lorry driver was taken into custody pending further investigations.   

OIC Traffic Branch, Kotadeniyawa Police IP Donald is conducting further investigations.