Three persons including a one and half-year-old child were killed when the trishaw they were riding in collided head-on with a tipper truck at Boyagane, Potuhera yesterday morning.
Another female who was seriously injured was admitted to hospital.
The deceased have been identified as Harsha Madusanka, 26, of Rotawewa and his one and half-year-old daughter. The female is yet to be identified.
All three persons succumbed to their injuries after being admitted to the Kurunegala hospital.
Madusanka had been driving the trishaw to Kurunegala when it collided head-on with the tipper truck arriving from the opposite side. Police have arrested the driver of the tipper truck. Investigations are continuing.