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🚨 Expressway Incidents Severity: Severe 📍 Southern Expressway (E01), 80.5 km post, towards Matara, Galle

A bus collided with two vans that had stopped to help an overturned minivan near the 80.5 km post of the Southern Expressway, chainsaw accident: several injured

දක්ෂිණ අධිවේගී මාර්ගයේ 80.5 කිලෝමීටර් කණුව අසලදී පෙරළුණු කුඩා වෑන් රථයකට උදව් කිරීමට නැවැත්වූ වෑන් රථ දෙකක බස් රථයක් ගැටී දම්වැල් අනතුරක්: කිහිපදෙනෙකුට තුවාල

📅 Oct 12, 2026, 8:33 PM • ✍️ Accident 1st Editorial Desk • 👁️ 17 views
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A bus collided with two vans that had stopped to help an overturned minivan near the 80.5 km post of the Southern Expressway, chainsaw accident: several injured
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🚑 Injured 0
⚰️ Fatalities 0
🚗 Vehicles Van, Bus
🌧️ Road Condition Dry

​🚨 An accident occurred yesterday (10/11/2026) at around 12:45 midnight when a small van (Suzuki Every/Carry type vehicle) which was driving towards Matara on the Southern Expressway (E01) lost control and overturned near the 80.5 kilometer post. Two other vans, Toyota HiAce and Toyota Roomy, which saw the accident, stopped in front of the overturned car to help the injured. At that moment, a private bus (Lanka Ashok Leyland) which was running at high speed in the same direction, hit the back of the parked vans and hit the guard rail and stopped, causing a serious chain accident (Secondary Chain Crash). The secondary collision caused severe damage to the two vans and the front part of the bus, and several people were injured and taken to hospital by the Highway Ambulance Service. ​⚠️ Attention drivers: Avoid unsafe parking in the event of an accident on the highway. In the case of a necessary emergency stop, immediately turn on the hazard lights (Hazard Lights), get out of the vehicle and exit the safety fence. Controlling highway speed at night is essential to save lives. ​"Photographs of this accident are published to help create a society free from road accidents through safe driving." ​📷 Photo credit: Accident 1st Community Network (special thanks to brother who provided)

​🚨 An accident occurred yesterday (10/11/2026) at around 12:45 midnight when a small van (Suzuki Every/Carry type vehicle) which was driving towards Matara on the Southern Expressway (E01) lost control and overturned near the 80.5 kilometer post. Two other vans, Toyota HiAce and Toyota Roomy, which saw the accident, stopped in front of the overturned car to help the injured. At that moment, a private bus (Lanka Ashok Leyland) which was running at high speed in the same direction, hit the back of the parked vans and hit the guard rail and stopped, causing a serious chain accident (Secondary Chain Crash). The secondary collision caused severe damage to the two vans and the front part of the bus, and several people were injured and taken to hospital by the Highway Ambulance Service. ​⚠️ Attention drivers: Avoid unsafe parking in the event of an accident on the highway. In the case of a necessary emergency stop, immediately turn on the hazard lights (Hazard Lights), get out of the vehicle and exit the safety fence. Controlling highway speed at night is essential to save lives. ​"Photographs of this accident are published to help create a society free from road accidents through safe driving." 📷 Photo credit: Accident 1st Community Network (special thanks to brother who provided) Road Safety Lesson (Road Safety Lesson and Investigation) Secondary Crashes on Expressways: Parking near an accident on an expressway is extremely deadly. Heavy vehicles coming from behind at a maximum speed of 100 km/h find it difficult to detect parked vehicles in the dark and brake immediately, so the chances of another massive accident on the way to help are much higher. Expressway Breakdown Protocol: If an emergency stop is to be made on an expressway, the vehicle should be directed to the emergency shoulder and the hazard lights should be on. Then all passengers must go and stay behind the guard rail, not inside the vehicle or on the road. Inform the 1969 operation room immediately: The most appropriate and safe measure is to stop the vehicles immediately after seeing an accident and avoid getting into an accident, immediately contact 1969 and mention the kilometer post where the accident occurred and call the Highway Travel Security Teams (Patrol Teams).
​🚨 දක්ෂිණ අධිවේගී මාර්ගයේ (E01) මාතර දෙසට ධාවනය වෙමින් තිබූ කුඩා ප්‍රමාණයේ වෑන් රථයක් (Suzuki Every/Carry වර්ගයේ රථයක්) 80.5 වන කිලෝමීටර් කණුව ආසන්නයේදී පාලනයෙන් ගිලිහී මාර්ගය හරස් අතට හැරී පෙරළී යාමෙන් ඊයේ (2026/10/11) මධ්‍යම රාත්‍රී 12:45 ට පමණ අනතුරක් සිදුවිය. ​එම අනතුර දුටු පිටුපසින් පැමිණි තවත් ටොයෝටා හයිඒස් (Toyota HiAce) සහ ටොයෝටා රූමි (Toyota Roomy) වර්ගයේ වෑන් රථ දෙකක්, අනතුරට පත් පිරිසට උදව් කිරීම සඳහා පෙරළුණු රථය පසුකර ඉදිරියෙන් නවතා තිබේ. ඒ මොහොතේ එම දිශාවටම අධික වේගයෙන් ධාවනය වූ පෞද්ගලික බස් රථයක් (Lanka Ashok Leyland), නවතා තිබූ එම වෑන් රථවල පිටුපස තදින් ගැටී මාර්ගයේ ආරක්ෂිත යකඩ වැටේද (Guard Rail) හැපී නතර වීමත් සමඟ බරපතළ දම්වැල් අනතුරක් (Secondary Chain Crash) නිර්මාණය විය. ​මෙම ද්විතීයික ගැටුමෙන් වෑන් රථ දෙකට සහ බස් රථයේ ඉදිරිපස කොටසට දැඩි අලාභහානි සිදුවූ අතර, පුද්ගලයන් කිහිපදෙනෙකු තුවාල ලබා අධිවේගී මාර්ග ගිලන්රථ සේවාව මඟින් රෝහල්ගත කිරීමට පියවර ගැණිනි. ​⚠️ රියදුරන්ගේ දැඩි අවධානයට: අධිවේගී මාර්ගයක අනතුරක් සිදුවූ විට අනාරක්ෂිතව වාහන නැවැත්වීමෙන් වළකින්න. අත්‍යවශ්‍ය හදිසි නැවැත්වීමකදී වහාම උපද්‍රව සංඥා ලාම්පු (Hazard Lights) දල්වා, වාහනයෙන් බැස ආරක්ෂිත වැටෙන් පිටතට යන්න. රාත්‍රී කාලයේදී අධිවේගී මාර්ගයේ වේගය පාලනය කිරීම ජීවිතාරක්ෂාවට මූලික වේ. ​"ආරක්ෂාකාරී රිය පැදවීමක් තුලින් මාර්ග අනතුරු වලින් තොර සමාජයක් බිහිකිරිමට, මෙම අනතුරෙහි ජායාරූප විමසා බලා සිහියේ තබා ගැනීමට උපකාරීවනු පිණිස පලකරනු ලැබේ." 📷 ඡායාරූප ස්තූතිය: Accident 1st Community Network (ලබාදුන් සොයුරාට විශේෂ ස්තූතිය) Road Safety Lesson (මාර්ග ආරක්ෂණ පාඩම සහ විමර්ශනය) ​අධිවේගී මාර්ගවල ද්විතීයික ගැටුම් අවදානම (Secondary Crashes on Expressways): අධිවේගී මාර්ගයක සිදුවූ අනතුරක් අසල වාහන නැවැත්වීම අතිශය මාරාන්තික තත්ත්වයකි. පිටුපසින් පැයට කිලෝමීටර් 100 ක උපරිම වේගයෙන් එන බර වාහනවලට රාත්‍රී අඳුරේදී නවතා ඇති වාහන හඳුනාගැනීම සහ ක්ෂණිකව තිරිංග යෙදීම අපහසු බැවින්, උදව් කිරීමට යාමේදී තවත් දැවැන්ත අනතුරකට ගොදුරු වීමේ ඉඩකඩ බෙහෙවින් වැඩිය. ​හදිසි නැවැත්වීමේ නිසි ක්‍රමවේදය (Expressway Breakdown Protocol): අධිවේගී මාර්ගයක හදිසි නැවැත්වීමක් කළ යුතු නම්, වාහනය හදිසි මංතීරුවට (Emergency Shoulder) යොමු කර Hazard Lights දැල්විය යුතුය. අනතුරුව වාහනය තුළ හෝ මාර්ගය මත නොරැඳී, සියලු මගීන් මාර්ගයේ යකඩ ආරක්ෂිත වැටෙන් පිටතට (Behind the Guard Rail) ගොස් රැඳී සිටිය යුතුය. ​ක්ෂණිකව 1969 මෙහෙයුම් මැදිරිය දැනුවත් කිරීම: අනතුරක් දුටු වහාම වාහන නතර කර අනතුරේ නොවැටී, වහාම 1969 අමතා අනතුර සිදුවූ කිලෝමීටර් කණුව සඳහන් කර අධිවේගී මාර්ග සංචාරක ආරක්ෂක කණ්ඩායම් (Patrol Teams) කැඳවීම වඩාත්ම සුදුසු හා ආරක්ෂිත පියවරයි.
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