One person was killed and another injured in an accident that occurred in the Loolnewa area in Kahatagasdigiliya, when a lorry which was transporting coconuts crashed into an SLTB bus which was parked on the road.

Police said the accident, which killed the passenger in the lorry, occurred at 5.15 on Saturday morning.

The forty-two-year old deceased was a resident of the Avulegama area in Wariyapola. Police said that the lorry driver who sustained injuries, was admitted to the Kahatagasdigiliya Hospital.

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