Two persons were killed when the motorcycle the were riding on collided with a train plying from Kandy to Colombo, yesterday (1).
The motorcyclist and the pillion rider, who received critical injuries due to this accident, had died after they were admitted to the Peradeniya and Kadugannawa hospitals. The pillion rider who died due to the incident was identified as 49-year-old resident of the Wattegama area in Kandy. However, according to Police sources, the identity of the motorcyclist wasn’t revealed so far.
Further investigations related to the incident are being carried out by Peradeniya Police.