Accident
A van that was travelling from Mahiyanganaya to Tangalle with a pilgrim from Tangalle, collided with a timber lorry. The resultant fire caused three people inside the van to be burnt to death. Five people had died from this accident for now.
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Cement Lorry
The cement lorry that smashed against a tree in Sembatta at the Halawatha-Puttalam road caused the deaths of three people. The lorry faced this accident while transporting cement from the Puttalam cement factory to Colombo.
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Dowa Bus Accident
The moment when the dead bodies of the victims who lost their lives from the Dowa bus accident a few years ago were brought to be examined.
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The car that ran over four people
The picture shows the deadly car that ran over four people at Puttamala city, parked by the road after the accident.
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Ski-scouts
Eight ski-ers, five of them from the Paris Alpine Club, including M. Jean Maurin, chef de Cabinet to M. Jeanneney, President of the French Senate, were killed when they were buried in an avalanche on the Grand Galibier, near Grenoble, France. A ni...
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Accidents
A van veered off the Kuliyapitiya-Narammala road at the Kithalawa Unaleeya junction, colliding with a massive tree trunk by the side of the road, causing heavy injuries to 13 passengers in the van and a mother and a daughter who had been walking b...
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