Private bus returning after the Kirillapona rally runs over and kills an undergraduate

Private bus  returning after the Kirillapona rally runs over and kills an undergraduate

On the night of the May Day around 8.30 pm a private bus  driven recklessly which was returning with some passengers after attending

the May Day rally in Kirillapona had knoecked down a pedestrain who was on the side of the road near the Gandara police station.He had been admitted to the Matara hospital.The officers of the Gandara police has informed that the undergraduate had succumbed to his injuries after admission to the hospital.

The undergraduate is 24year old Mohamed Ahamedu  a third year student of the Sabaragamuwa campus.The bus had broken the road barriers and fled without stopping.A message had been sent to the Dickwella police .The bus had been found abandoned in the Polgahamulla area.The driver and the conductor had fled from the scene leaving the bus.The  39 year old driver however had been apprehended  on the 2nd instant also from the Polgahamulla area and is to be produced before courts.