Foreign couple injured in car-train collision

A foreign couple were hospitalised after their car collided with an express train at a railway level crossing in “Kudawaskaduwa” on Monday evening.

According to Police Media Unit sources, the injured couple were identified as Abin Raaman,a 29-year-old Lebanese national Maariyan Cindic,28-year-old Russian national.

Police investigations revealed that the gate keeper at the railway level crossing was not present at his post near the rail gates at the time of the accident. The car in which the foreigners were travelling was badly damaged as a result of the collision. Police investigations are continuing.