Lady driver kills a 3 1/2 year old child driving on Dehiwala pavement

Lady driver kills a 3  1/2  year old child driving on Dehiwala pavement

On day before yesterday the 02nd instant a car driven by a lady driver along Dehiwala Karagampitiya Hill Street  near the Dehiwala Police station had had suddenly gone over  the

pavement killing instantly a three and a half year old child and seriously injuring three who had been admitted to the Kalubowila Teaching hospital.

The incident had taken place on the 2nd instant at around 11.40 a.m when the lady driver who had driven from Maharagama to Dehiwala side had suddenly gone off the road on to the payment.The car which had traveeled on the payment had damaged a three wheeler also.The child who was killed had been seriously injured and had been crushed onto a lamp post.

The child had been a resident at number 144 A at Hill Street, by name Hettirachchige Disus Sathviru only 3 1/2 years old. boy. The mother  of the deceased girl Jayanthi Chathurika 32 years old and another girl  12 years old  Anithma Wijesena  her mother Kumari Dammika Wijesena had been seriously injured and had been admitted to the Kalubowila Teaching hospital Colombo South.

The lady driver 62 years old had been arrested by the Dehiwala police.