14th death in fuel queue reported

COLOMBO (News 1st); The 14th death in connection with fuel queues was reported today in Borella, ​​Colombo.

A 60-year-old man who was waiting in a queue to obtain fuel from an LIOC filling station in Borella, and was found dead in his car.

According to others who were present at the fuel queue, the deceased had joined the fuel queue in the morning, and had passed away after two hours of waiting in the queue.

The deceased was identified as a 60-year-old man named M.D.S.D. Gunaratne, whom our correspondent reported to be a resident of Angoda, Gothatuwa.