National volleyball player killed in road accident

by Jayampathy JAYASINGHE

A van that ploughed into a trishaw carrying National Volleyball players from the Southern province in the Polonnaruwa area resulted in the death of Mayuri Madusha(21) National Volleyball player while two other players sustained injuries on Friday, a spokesman for the Ministry of Sports told the Sunday Observer.The incident occurred around 10 pm on Friday opposite the Venus Private Hospital at the 28th milepost in Polonnaruwa when a van collided with a trishaw carrying the three women Volleyball players who were returning after participating in the National Sports Festival at Polonnaruwa organised by the Sports Ministry.

Following the collision the three-wheeler turned turtle crushing all the three women volleyball players who were rushed to the Polonnaruwa hospital. The deceased woman Volleyball player has been identified as Mayuri Madushika (21) of Deberawewa who represented the Southern province. She succumbed to her injuries at the Polonnaruwa government hospital on Friday night. Another woman Volleyball player who sustained serious injuries has been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Polonnaruwa hospital. The trishaw driver and the other woman Volleyball player were also admitted to the Polonnaruwa hospital. The driver of the van has been taken into custody by the Polonnaruwa police.