COLOMBO (News 1st): A person died in a motor accident along the Anuradhapura route in Puttalam.

The police said that the accident occurred when a vehicle collided with a bicycle. The owner of the bicycle a 40-year-old resident of Nochchiyagama died as a result of the accident.

The driver of the motor vehicle has been arrested over the incident.

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