A 23-year-old young man and a 16-year-old female student who were traveling on a motorcycle were killed in a head-on collision between a motorcycle and a bus.
W. who was traveling on the motorcycle in an accident that happened the previous day (03) when a motorcycle collided head-on with a Langama bus at the bend in front of the Galpata Sukhita Children's Home on the Kalutara-Horana road. D. W. Bimsara Sanjeeva, a 23-year-old youth (cyclist) and 16-year-old J., a regular student of Diyagama College. A. D. A young woman named Amasha Kawmini Jayasuriya (back-rider) has lost her life. It was the 23rd birthday of the deceased young man the day before the accident, and after entertaining some friends who came home, this unfortunate accident happened while the deceased student was being taken on a motorcycle to get medicine for a headache.
Accident 1st reminds all Sri Lankan motorists to exercise defensive driving, maintain safe headway distance, and adhere to posted speed limits. In case of emergency collisions or breakdowns in Colombo, immediately contact the 1990 Suwa Seriya Ambulance or 119 Police Hotline. For expressway emergencies on E01, E02, E03, and E04, dial 1969.
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