Mother, son killed in hit and run accident [July 26 2013]
A 42-year-old mother and her 23-year-old son were killed on the spot when the motorcycle they were riding was run over by a tipper this morning in Laggala.
The speeding tipper carrying sand had knocked the duo on a motorcycle from behind at Gomahandiya on Hettipola – Naula Road and had crashed into a roadside tree, the police spokesman said.
Laggala Police found the abandoned tipper but the driver had reportedly fled the scene. The police are looking for the fleeing driver.
The victims had been identified as Anula Kumari and Sumith Shantha Bandara of Thorapitiya. Their bodies are being kept at Haththotuwa Amuna Hospital.