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General16 April 2023

Drunk lorry driver causes fatal accident: two killed, nine injured

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Two persons have been reported dead while 06 others, including two children, were injured after a truck collided with a tractor.

Police revealed that the two vehicles collided at Walekade on the Polonnaruwa – Onegama road yesterday.

The injured children are believed to be 12 and 14 years old.




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