A police officer has been killed while three others including another police officer have been hospitalized with injuries following a head-on collision involving two motorcycles in front of the Moragalla tourist police station in Beruwala this morning (09).
The deceased is identified as Sub-Inspector Chathuranga Kasthuriarachchi, who was serving as the officer-in-charge (OIC) of the Anti-Corruption Division of Beruwala Police.
He had been traveling on a motorcycle along with a police constable when they had collided head-on with another motorcycle arriving from the opposite direction.
All four of them were rushed to the Kalutara Nagoda Hospital in critical condition while the Sub-Inspector had succumbed to injuries shortly after.
Police also said that motorcycles were seriously damaged in the collision.
Beruwala Police are conducting an investigation.
