A three-wheeler driver succumbed to injuries as a van collided against his vehicle near Habaraduwa police on Galle - Matara highway yesterday early morning, Habaraduwa police said.
The driver who had been on his way back home after taking part in organizational work of a Vesak Dansala organized by Koggala Three Wheeler Drivers’ Union on Monday near the police station, when a van came from behind and collided against his automobile causing fatal injuries to him, the police further said.
The victim was identified as Thuduwawattage Dushantha Prasad Udayakumara aged 37 of Singapooru Gammanaya in Ahangama. The driver of the van who is a resident of Kataluwa had been on his way back from Kurunagala after a trip with his wife, police investigations further revealed.
Habaraduwa police arrested the driver of the van and are carrying out further investigations.
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