Drunken driver collides with 3 vehicles in Mount Lavinia; 3 dead, 8 in hospital

Sunday, 09 December 2018 - 8:29

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3 persons were killed and 8 injured as a drunken driver crashed in to 3 vehicles in the Mount Lavinia area.

The accident had occurred 10 minutes past midnight.

A speeding motor car first crashed in to a van resulting in the death of the driver of the van.

The drunken motorist who fled the scene had next collided against another car and 2 motor cycles resulting in the deaths of the driver of the other car and motorcyclist.

The drunken driver had eventually crashed in to a wall and was admitted to hospital in critical condition.



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