Six people, including an 11-year-old schoolboy and an 82-year-old woman, were killed in separate road accidents reported across Sri Lanka on Saturday, June 7, according to Police, Newswire reported.
In Nikaweratiya, an 82-year-old woman died after being struck by a lorry while crossing the road near Nikaweratiya Hospital. The lorry driver was arrested. In the Halmillawa area of Pansiyagama, an 11-year-old schoolboy was killed after being hit by a lorry while attempting to cross the road after getting off a school van. The driver was taken into custody.
In Hikkaduwa, a car veered off the road, struck a pedestrian and crashed into a concrete pole. The 55-year-old driver later died of his injuries in hospital; the pedestrian was injured. In Mahawa’s Ehalagas Pallama area, a 19-year-old motorcyclist died after losing control of his motorcycle and crashing into a culvert. The pillion rider was hospitalised.
In Giribawa, an 18-year-old motorcyclist was killed when his motorcycle collided with an oncoming car in Dambadeniya, with the pillion rider admitted to hospital. In Eheliyagoda, a 42-year-old pedestrian died after being hit by a bus while crossing the Avissawella–Ratnapura main road. The bus driver was arrested.
Police are conducting further investigations into all six incidents. Saturday’s combined toll comes a week after six people died when a private cab ploughed into a Vesak dansala at Meegoda, and follows broader road-safety pressure that produced 49 deaths during Avurudu week in April — a cluster that drew government commitments to step up enforcement against speeding, drunk driving and unsafe overtaking on rural trunk roads.
