HAT-TRICK of ACCIDENTS AT PAYAGALA

Two push cyclists killed and one motor cyclist injured in a hat-trick of accidents committed by a Minister’s nephew while driving a car after consumption of liquor.

Yesterday at Payagala it has been reported that two push cyclists were killed and motor cyclist was injured when a drunken driver when just like small children playing computer games. The other offence the driver of the vehicle had driven away after the mishaps without stopping.
The drunken driver who was not at all steady at the wheel had knocked down one push cyclist killing him instantaneously. His dead persons push bicycle had been broken into two parts after the impact. After killing the push cyclist the drunken driver who had not stopped had knocked the second push cyclist who after the severe impact had been thrown in the air and had fallen on to galvanised roofing sheet of a neighbouring house and fallen into the house breaking the galvanised sheet and had died instantaneously.
The hat-trick of the accident took place when he had knocked motor cyclists on his way injuring him rather seriously. The vehicle which was driven by the drunken driver had ultimately forced to be stopped when it knocked against a parapet wall a short distant away from the three mishaps.
The two killed were persons from the same locality had been returning to their homes after attending to a funeral house.They were in the ages of 28 and 30 years respectively. The driver had been taken into Police custody with minor injuries. When produced before courts the Magistrate had ordered him to be remanded until the 8th of next month. At the time of the accident another person had travelled in the car. The Police had recovered two bottles of arrack from inside the car.
 It had been told by the neighbours that the person arrested as the driver of the vehicle was not the identical person who drove the vehicle.The person who drove the vehicle had been a 22 year old youngster and is supposed to be the nephew of Minister Rohitha Abeygunawarden. Hence for producing another person instead of the suspected person owes to influence of Politics. It is quite surprising that political influence has been made and it is further proved as that the case had been investigated by the Police officers attached to the Kalutara, Beruwala and Dondangoda Police stations instead of the Police officers of the Wadduwa Police, where the accident occurred.