Two people have died in a multi-vehicle collision that was reported near the Weli Park Junction in Nugegoda at around 08.15 pm yesterday.
A private bus is reported to have collided with a car which had entered from Sarasavi Gardens Road.
It had thereafter veered off the road and travelled over the centre island, crashing into a three-wheeler plying in the opposite direction, and had eventually crashed onto a wall.
The driver and two passengers of the three-wheeler had been admitted to the Colombo National Hospital following the accident.
The driver and one passenger of the three-wheeler had succumbed to injuries sustained in the accident. They have been identified as 54 and 30-year-olds, who are residents of Nugegoda and Haputale.
The driver of the car involved in the accident has been admitted to the Colombo South Teaching Hospital in Kalubowila. (NewsWire)