Man commits suicide
A man was knocked down and killed by a train near the Uggalla Railway station, in the Padukka Police Division on Friday night. Police are investigating the incident as a possible suicide. Train No. 9269 was travelling from Colombo to Kosgama when the person threw himself at the oncoming train. The deceased, 28-year-old Kakulthotuwage Don Kasitha Niroshana was a resident of Arapola, Eheliyagoda.
One drowns in Viyana Ela
A 65-year-old man was found drowned in the Viyana Ela, Mahiyangana by officers of the Mahiyangana Police Training College. The victim, a resident of Uraniya, Mahiyanganaya was pronounced dead on admission to the Mahiyangana Base Hospital. Mahiyangana Police are carrying out further investigations into the incident.
Illegal cigarette smugglers nabbed
A team of officers from the Dambulla Police nabbed a stock of 70,000 illegal foreign cigarettes on Friday evening in a raid carried out on a tip off. The Police also apprehended two suspects aged 37 and 21 for transporting the cigarettes in a van at the Pannampitiya junction in Dambulla.
One killed in a head-on collision
A 19-year-old motorcyclist was killed in a head-on collision with another motorcycle on the Colombo-Horana road near the Piliyandala junction. According to the Police, the accident had taken place when one motorcyclist attempted to overtake a vehicle ahead. The deceased, Kadawadduwa Gamage succumbed to his injuries on admission to the Colombo South Teaching Hospital. The other motorcyclist remains in critical condition.