A 52-year-old man has been killed after being struck by a luxury jeep near the Bokundara Junction on the Horana-Colombo Road in Piliyandala this morning (29).
The Police said the woman who had driven the jeep had lost control of the vehicle as she and her family members were travelling from Piliyandala to Colombo.
The vehicle is reported to have veered off the road and crashed onto a telephone post and a wall, during which it had struck a pedestrian on its path.
The pedestrian who had sustained serious injuries in the accident had died on the spot. The deceased has been identified as a 52-year-old resident of Werahera, Boralesgamuwa.
The body of the victim has been placed at the mortuary of the Colombo South Teaching Hospital in Kalubowila.
The female driver has been arrested, while the Piliyandala Police is conducting further investigations into the incident. (NewsWire)