Two Army officers killed in a road accident in Mullaitivu

Mon, Jan 21, 2019, 11:58 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.




Jan 21, Colombo: Two Army personnel have died and four other Army officers have sustained injuries in a road accident in the Oddusudan Police Division, Mullaitivu, the police said.

The Police said the Army personnel were returning from attending the President's events in Mullaitivu when the accident happened.

According to the police, the driver of the vehicle had lost control and veered off the road hitting a palm tree in Nedunkerny area

Six injured persons have been admitted to Nedunkerny Hospital where two of the injured had succumbed to their injuries.

The deceased have been identified as an Army major and a corporal


The surviving injured persons have been transferred to the Vavuniya Hospital for further treatment.