Homagama Headquarter Police say that two young women who went to cross the road in Homagama Galawilawatta area collided with a van and were thrown near a lorry which was running in the opposite lane.
The van that caused the accident ran away after the incident and a police officer on traffic duty chased the van for about a kilometer and arrested its driver, the police say.
It is said that Sujeeva Samanthi (30), a resident of Aheliyagoda, Suriya Arachchi, is an unmarried girl.
This young woman works in a sock manufacturing factory in Galawila Watta area and while on a night shift, she and another friend went to a restaurant in front of the workplace to buy dinner that day.
For that, while crossing the road through the high level road, the two young women were waiting on the two white lines in the middle of the road until a vehicle was passing by, when they collided with a van that was transporting a group of employees of Homagama Industrial Park, the two young women were thrown and collided with a lorry that was running in the opposite lane. has happened
Police say that the two young women who were seriously injured in the accident died while being taken to the Homagama Base Hospital and the other young woman is being treated in the intensive care unit.
According to hospital sources, the condition of the girl undergoing inpatient treatment is serious.
( Lankadeepa )
