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🚨 General Road Accidents Severity: Severe 📍 Mattala Exit, Kataragama Road, Hambantota

A cab leaving the expressway from the Mattala exit and heading towards Kataragama skidded in the rainy weather and hit an electric pole and a safety fence causing a serious accident.

මත්තල පිටවීමෙන් අධිවේගී මාර්ගයෙන් පිටවී කතරගම දෙසට ධාවනය වූ කැබ් රථයක් වැසි සහිත කාලගුණයේදී ලිස්සා ගොස් විදුලි කණුවක සහ ආරක්ෂිත වැටේ ගැටී බරපතළ අනතුරක්

📅 Oct 10, 2026, 5:45 PM • ✍️ Accident 1st Editorial Desk • 👁️ 14 views
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A cab leaving the expressway from the Mattala exit and heading towards Kataragama skidded in the rainy weather and hit an electric pole and a safety fence causing a serious accident.
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🌧️ Road Condition Wet/Rainy

​🚨 A white Toyota Hilux double cab that was leaving the Mattala Interchange on the Southern Expressway and driving towards Kataragama lost control due to the rainy weather in the area and suffered a serious accident this afternoon (10/10/2026). While driving on the wet road, the car skidded and hit an electric pole located in the center median that divides the road. With the strong collision, the roof of the cab, the front driver's cabin and the bumper were completely crushed and destroyed, and the electric pole on the road was bent first and fell to the ground. Local residents and security forces have taken steps to hospitalize the injured in the accident for immediate treatment. ​"Photographs of this accident are published to help create a society free from road accidents through safe driving." ​📷 Photo credit: Accident 1st Community Network

​🚨 A white Toyota Hilux double cab that was leaving the Mattala Interchange on the Southern Expressway and driving towards Kataragama lost control due to the rainy weather in the area and suffered a serious accident this afternoon (10/10/2026). While driving on the wet road, the car skidded and hit an electric pole located in the center median that divides the road. With the strong collision, the roof of the cab, the front driver's cabin and the bumper were completely crushed and destroyed, and the electric pole on the road was bent first and fell to the ground. Local residents and security forces have taken steps to hospitalize the injured in the accident for immediate treatment. ​"Photographs of this accident are published to help create a society free from road accidents through safe driving." ​📷 Photo credit: Accident 1st Community Network Road Safety Lesson (Road Safety Lesson and Investigation) Hydroplaning / Aquaplaning: When it rains, a film of water forms on the surface of highways or access roads, so when traveling at high speed, the friction between the tire and the tarmac is broken and the vehicle skids. In such a case, control over steering or braking is completely lost. ​Rear-Wheel Drive / 4WD Dynamics in Double Cabs: As cabs have less weight on the rear axle when there is no rear load, there is a greater tendency for the rear wheels to slip on the road (Fish-tailing) during sudden braking on wet roads or when cornering. Risk of Rollover on Guard Rails: Although guard rails on the road help to prevent a vehicle from being thrown off the road, a high speed collision can cause severe damage to the cabin of the vehicle. Wearing a seat belt is critical to saving lives. In case of an accident, call 1990 Suvasaria Ambulance Service immediately.
​🚨 දක්ෂිණ අධිවේගී මාර්ගයේ මත්තල අන්තර් හුවමාරුවෙන් පිටවී කතරගම දෙසට ධාවනය වෙමින් තිබූ සුදු පැහැති ටොයෝටා හිලක්ස් (Toyota Hilux) වර්ගයේ ද්විත්ව කැබ් රථයක්, ප්‍රදේශයේ පැවති වැසි සහිත කාලගුණයත් සමඟ පාලනයෙන් ගිලිහී අද (2026/10/10) පස්වරුවේ බරපතළ අනතුරකට ලක්විය. ​තෙතමනය සහිත මාර්ගයේ ධාවනය වීමේදී රථය ලිස්සා ගොස් මාර්ගය බෙදා වෙන්කරන මධ්‍යස්ථ තීරුවේ (Center Median) පිහිටි විදුලි කණුවක ගැටී කැරකී ගොස් මාර්ගයේ පසෙක තිබූ යකඩ ආරක්ෂිත වැට (Guard Rail) මතට කඩා වැදී නතර වී ඇත. ප්‍රබල ගැටුමත් සමඟ කැබ් රථයේ වහලය, ඉදිරිපස රියදුරු කුටිය සහ බම්පරය සම්පූර්ණයෙන්ම පොඩිපට්ටම් වී විනාශ වී ඇති අතර, මාර්ගයේ විදුලි කණුවද මුලින්ම නැවී බිම පතිත වී තිබේ. අනතුරින් තුවාල ලැබූවන් කඩිනමින් ප්‍රතිකාර සඳහා රෝහල්ගත කිරීමට ප්‍රදේශවාසීන් සහ ආරක්ෂක අංශ පියවර ගෙන ඇත. ​"ආරක්ෂාකාරී රිය පැදවීමක් තුලින් මාර්ග අනතුරු වලින් තොර සමාජයක් බිහිකිරිමට, මෙම අනතුරෙහි ඡායාරූප විමසා බලා සිහියේ තබා ගැනීමට උපකාරීවනු පිණිස පලකරනු ලැබේ." ​📷 ඡායාරූප ස්තූතිය: Accident 1st Community Network Road Safety Lesson (මාර්ග ආරක්ෂණ පාඩම සහ විමර්ශනය) ​වැසි සහිත කාලගුණයේදී සිදුවන ජල තල ලිස්සා යාම (Hydroplaning / Aquaplaning): වර්ෂාව පවතින අවස්ථාවල අධිවේගී මාර්ග හෝ පිවිසුම් මාර්ග මතුපිට ජල පටලයක් රැඳෙන බැවින්, අධික වේගයෙන් ගමන් කිරීමේදී ටයරය සහ තාර පාර අතර ඝර්ෂණය බිඳවැටී වාහනය ලිස්සා යයි. මෙවැනි අවස්ථාවක සුක්කානම හෝ තිරිංග මත පාලනය සම්පූර්ණයෙන්ම ගිලිහී යයි. ​ද්විත්ව කැබ් රථවල පසුපස බර අසමතුලිතතාව (Rear-Wheel Drive / 4WD Dynamics): කැබ් රථවල පසුපස බර පැටවීමක් නොමැති විට පසුපස ඇක්සලයේ බර අඩු බැවින්, තෙතමනය සහිත මාර්ගවලදී ක්ෂණික තිරිංග යෙදීමෙන් හෝ වංගු ගැනීමේදී පසුපස රෝද ලිස්සා මාර්ගයේ කැරකී යාමේ (Fish-tailing) වැඩි නැඹුරුවක් පවතී. ​ආරක්ෂිත වැටවල් මතට පෙරළී යාමේ අවදානම: මාර්ගයේ ඇති ආරක්ෂිත යකඩ වැටවල් (Guard rails) වාහනයක් මාර්ගයෙන් ඉවතට විසිවීම වැළැක්වීමට උපකාරී වුවද, අධික වේගයකින් පැමිණ ගැටීමේදී රථයේ කුටියට දැඩි හානි සිදුවිය හැක. ආසන පටි පැළඳ සිටීම ජීවිත බේරා ගැනීමට අතිශය තීරණාත්මක වේ. හදිසි අනතුරකදී වහාම 1990 සුවසැරිය ගිලන්රථ සේවාව අමතන්න.
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