COLOMBO (News 1st) – A 25-year-old resident of Malsiripura died in an accident along the Dambulla-Kurunegala main road while another person was injured.

The Police said that the accident had occurred when the lorry veered off the road and hit on a light post.

The injured was rushed to the Polgolla hospital.

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