One killed, another injured in multiple crash [December 20 2014]

One person was killed and another sustained serious injuries when a speeding lorry failing to apply brakes crashed into three other vehicles and plunged in to Deduru Oya in Madawala last evening, the police said.

The lorry which was heading towards Kandy on Kurunegala - Kandy main road crashed in to a trishaw, a van and then into a backhoe before plunged into the river.

The drivers of the lorry and the trishaw were admitted to Galagedara Hospital in a critical condition but the lorry driver succumbed to his injuries shortly after.

The victim was identified as Janaka Wasantha Kulasingha (43). Galagedara Police are conducting inquiries.