Two children, aged 15 and 04, have died in two separate road accidents reported in the Mannar and Kataragama areas on Thursday.
A 04-year-old boy was reported dead after the motorcycle he was travelling on collided with a pickup truck in the Murungkan area on Thursday afternoon.
The Police said the accident had occurred when the child was travelling on the motorcycle with his father, mother, and sister.
The family of four, which had sustained injuries, had been admitted to the Mannara Hospital, where one child had succumbed to injuries.
The driver of the pickup truck has been arrested in connection with the accident. The Mannar Police is conducting investigations.
Meanwhile, a 15-year-old boy was reported dead after a three-wheeler collided with a lorry on the Gonagangaara-Kataragama road on Thursday morning.
A man, his wife, and two children who were travelling in the three-wheeler had sustained injuries in the accident and had been admitted to Kataragama Hospital. One child, a resident of Bibile, had succumbed to injuries at the hospital.
The driver of the lorry has been arrested in connection with the accident. The Kataragama Police is conducting investigations. (Newswire)
