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Five including 3 of same family killed in accident
Five persons were killed in the early hours of yesterday (17) in a three wheeler-lorry collision in Mawathagama.
According to the Mawathagama police, the driver of the three wheeler had fallen asleep causing his vehicle to crash into an on-coming lorry. All five passengers of the three wheeler died in the mishap.
They were pronounced dead on admission to the hospital. The police said that the victims had been returning from Anuradhapura to Hatharaliyedda after participating in Poson celebrations.
Of the five, three were members of the same family and others relatives.
Their bodies are lying at the Mawathagama hospital mortuary.
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