Nine persons who were travelling on the footboard of the “Ruhunu Kumari” train were injured while two sustained serious injuries after the train crashed into a lorry at Koralawella in Moratuwa yesterday.
It was revealed that the accident had occurred when passengers travelling on the footboard of the train collided with a lorry parked beside the railway track.
The injured were admitted to the Panadura Base Hospital. Three victims were identified a resident of Waththewa, Mathugama, aged 59, a resident of Kalutara North, aged at 30 and a resident of Beruwala, aged at 27.
Moratuwa Police is investigating.