One person has died in a motorcycle accident in Dhadugama, Ja-Ela, along the Negombo-Colombo main road. The police said that the individual succumbed to his injuries upon admission to the Ragama Hospital.

The accident occurred as a result of the rider being unable to control the speed of the motorcycle. The deceased was a thirty-two-year-old resident of Galewewa, Polpithigama.

The body is placed in the Ragama Hospital.

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