
A Sub-Inspector was killed while another two officers and suspect were injured after a police jeep collided with a tipper truck in the Welgama area in Matara.
The police officers were returning after carrying out an arrest at around 10.30pm last night when the tipper truck had crashed into the back of the jeep.
The wounded police officers and the suspect were rushed to the Matara General Hospital, however the sub-inspector had succumbed to injuries shortly after.
The officers were attached to the Matara Police Station.



















