An eight-year-old girl has died following a road accident near the Walpola railway crossing on the Ragama-Kandana road, Police said.
The accident occurred on August 22 when a waste-transporting lorry travelling from the direction of the Walpola Temple towards the Walpola Railway Station reportedly went out of the driver’s control while the safety gates at the railway crossing were closed.
The lorry subsequently crashed into two cars and another lorry that had stopped near the railway crossing.
A mother and her two children, a son and daughter from the same family, who were walking along the side of the road at the time, were also injured in the accident and admitted to the Ragama Hospital.
Police said the eight-year-old girl later succumbed to her injuries while receiving treatment.
The driver of one of the lorries involved in the accident has been arrested, while the driver of the waste-transporting lorry has been admitted to the Ragama Hospital after developing a medical condition.
Ragama Police are conducting further investigations into the accident. (Newswire)