Three Students of the ages 14,15 and 16 years had been killed and another student had been crirically injured and hospitalized after a Cab driven by a retired Army Soldier running over them near the Korosagalla Junction in Anuradhapura -Kekirawa main road around 7.30 a.m today (08).
The four critically injured students had been admitted to Kekirawa Provincial Hospital where three of them had succumbed to their injuries after admitting to hospital. The other critically injured student had been transferred to Dambulla Hospital for further treatment it has been reported.
The angry residents of the area had closed the A-9 Road and protested on the road demanding police to arrest the Cab driver and bring him along with the cab there .Although Police have attempted to disperse the protest the residents have strictly decided not to giving up the protest until the cab driver arrested.
Afterwards Ipalogama Police have chased the Cab which had been driven continuously and arrested the Cab driver at Ipalogama,Ranajayapura area.
The 54 year old suspect who had been transported Vegetables and Bananas from his cab from Dambulla to Anuradhapura had told the Police that he had fallen a sleep whist driving at the time of the accident in Kekirawa..However he had fled away from the area after the incident with three others in the cab.
The three deceased students were residents of Korosagalla area and had awaited for a Bus near the road to attend a tuition class when they met with the accident .
Residents of the area have accused the traffic police officers who were in the road near the accident site for not taking any step to arrest the suspected driver after the incident.
General of Civil Defence Department Chandraratna Pallegama had travelling in suddenly caught fire and destroyed completely at Kanaganarayankulam area this noon (08).
