Driver of a van had succumbed and another four persons including a bus driver had received injuries and hospitalized after a Van and Bus Collision in Kathaluwa on Galle Matara main road on yesterday.
According to the police media spokesperson's office, this took place yesterday early morning near Kathaluwa junction on the main road which leads to Matara from Galle.
However the police investigations, it was divulged that the two foreigners those who were travelling inside of the van at the time of this accident , were injured too. The police had also found that the cause of the accident is due to the negligence of the driver, he had fallen asleep while he was driving .
The victims were immediately admitted to the Karapitiya Teaching Hospital in Galle by the neighboring community in the area. The driver had succumbed to his injuries just after few minutes of his admission to the hospital.
The post mortem related to the dead body was to be carried out by government teaching hospital in Karapitiya. Further investigations are being carried out by the Ahangama Police Station.