It is reported that while attending a scholarship conference held in Talawa town for the scholarship examination, he was going home with his mother on a bicycle and was seriously injured by a fuel bowser at the roundabout in Talawa town and died on the spot.
A girl named Nisansa Netsarani Wimalasena (10) residing at the address Karagahavewa, Talawa has died.
She was a fifth grade student at Talawa Primary School.
The 47-year-old girl’s mother was also seriously injured in the accident and admitted to the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital.
It is said that the driver of the 34-year-old Yatianthota resident of the Yatianthota area was arrested by the police and he is scheduled to appear in court today (11).