Two people have been killed and three others, including an infant, have been injured in an accident that occurred in front of the Randeniya sub post office along the A23 Road in Wellawaya.

Police say a van had collided with a three-wheeler. All the victims in the accident were travelling in the three-wheeler. The deceased were a twenty-six-year-old and his mother, while the two-day old infant and two other women who were injured have been admitted to the Moneragala Sirigala Hospital.

The driver of the van was arrested and will be produced before the Wellawaya Magistrate on Sunday.

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