One man died and another was injured in a motorcycle accident that took place last Sunday, on the Sirigampola - Dematapitiya road at Dhammikagama.
The motorcyclists had been rushed to the Marawila Base Hospital, where one of them had succumbed to his injuries.
The deceased was identified as Warnakulasooriya Dilshan Lakmal Fernando, a 20-year-old resident of Dematapitiya in Lunugala. A postmortem was conducted. Investigations are continuing.