Five Killed in Road Accidents Within 24 Hours

COLOMBO (News 1st) - Five people have died in separate road accidents reported across the country within the past 24 hours.

Two people, aged 53 and 46, died while two others sustained injuries following a collision between a three-wheeler and a car in Edaduwawa, Peradeniya.

Meanwhile, a couple from Paragahakotuwa, died in a motorcycle accident along the Kuliyapitiya-Hettipola road in Kadawalagedara.

In a separate incident, a 58-year-old pottery vendor from Thimbiriwewa, Wariyapola, was fatally struck by a bus in Bambaragammana along the Wariyapola-Puttalam road. 

The bus driver has been taken into custody.