How youth who fell down from bike was run over by Nuwan Kulasekera's vehicle
A young man was run over and met with death last evening in Ranmuthugala area along the Colombo - Kandy Road by the vehicle driven by a cricketer of the Sri Lankan team Nuwan Kulasekera and at that time he was on his way to
Colombo from Kandy. The person on the motor bicycle had come from the other side. He had been unable to control his bike at Ranmuthugala where the incident took place and after having struck the edge of the concrete column which stood in the centre had then got thrown to a side. He had got thrown towards the other side of the road where vehicles were moving. Though a bus had provided him enough space for him to pass, he had not left sufficient space for Nuwan Kulasekera's car to avoid this accident. which then resulted in the victim being run over. Those who were witnesses to the incident said that the victim's head was smashed with the tyre of the vehicle running over and that he died on the spot.The deceased was a youth aged 28 years old named Dinesh Aravinda Nisshanka residing in Nittambuwa. Nuwan Kulasekera who was taken into police custody after the incident was produced before Kadawatha Magistrate last night itself and was released on a bail of Rs. one lakh and was instructed to appear in courts next 26th.
Photographs of the spot where this accident took place, from below
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