Early this morning (14), a lorry traveling from Meerigama towards Kurunegala on the Central Expressway encountered a mechanical failure near the Nagalagamuwa area.
While the stationary lorry was being inspected on the left side of the road, another fisher lorry traveling in the same direction collided with it, causing an accident.
The driver and assistant of the fisher lorry sustained injuries. As another motorist stopped to assist and prepare to transport the injured individuals to the hospital, a container truck traveling in the same direction collided again with the fisher lorry. This resulted in severe injuries to the assisting motorist, the fisher lorry driver and assistant, and the driver of the initially stalled lorry. They were all admitted to the Kurunegala Hospital.
Tragically, the 38-year-old assistant of the fisher lorry, a resident of Wadugoda, Boossa, succumbed to his injuries.
The vehicles involved in the accident have been handed over to the Narammala Police by the Kurunegala sub-control unit of the Central Expressway.
The 29-year-old driver of the container truck, a resident of Sadalankawa, has been taken into police custody.
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