It is reported that a 13-year-old girl has lost her life in an accident where a private bus and a motorcycle collided with each other near Ottamaavadi railway crossing on the Batticaloa-Trincomalee road.
It is said that the 13-year-old girl who was traveling on the motorcycle, who was seriously injured in the accident, died after being admitted to the Valachchena hospital, while the motorcyclist was also seriously injured and is being treated at the same hospital.
The private bus driver involved in the accident has been arrested and it has been revealed that he was drunk at the time.