🚨 General Road Accidents
Severity: Moderate
📍 Avissawella - Colombo Old Road Artigala, Colombo
Due to an emergency condition of the lorry driver in Atigala, the lorry lost control and collided with a high powered electric pole on the side.
📅 Sep 30, 2026, 9:48 PM
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✓ Verified Incident Telemetry
🚑 Injured
1
⚰️ Fatalities
0
🚗 Vehicles
Lorry
🌧️ Road Condition
Dry
The driver of a lorry traveling from Kaduwela to Hanwella at the Atigala junction of the Avissawella-Colombo Old Road was taken to hospital due to a sudden illness.
The driver of a lorry traveling from Kaduwela towards Hanwella suffered a sudden illness at the Atigala junction of the old Colombo-Avissawella road and the lorry lost control and collided with a high power pole on the side of the road. "To create a society free from road accidents through safe driving, the photos of this accident are published to help keep in mind"
Photo credit - Akalanka Ekanayaka & W.Sadeepa
🛡️ Official Road Safety Advisory
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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