An accident of five vehicles on Southern Expressway ....

An accident of five vehicles on Southern Expressway ....

because of a water monitor!

As a result of an unanticipated accident which occured last night (15) on the Southern Expressway, 12 persons were admitted to

hospital, with 5 vehicles colliding with each other.

The root cause of this accident happens to be that a water monitor had come to the road close to the Pinnaduwa access of the Southern Expressway and in order to avoid the animal, one motorist had applied the brakes of the motor cycle which then resulted in the 5 vehicles that came behind  colliding with each other.

 During this collision the monitor had slipped away and was not to be seen. The people who were subjected to injury because of this monitor, had been shouting out on which occasion those who came in other vehicles and officers in charge of the Southern Expressway had taken action to hospitalise the wounded. 12 persons who had received injuries had been admitted to the Karapitiya Hospital, it was reported.

This accident had taken place close to Pinnaduwa 12th milepost.  Among vehicles that had sustained damage were 3 motor vehicles, a jeep and a bus. Some photos of the aftermath of the accident,  from below