A Kelaniya University student was killed in a road accident in the Waskaduwa area of Kalutara this morning (08).
The accident occurred when a group of university students travelling by motorcycle to Galle on a trip were involved in an accident, with one student falling from his motorcycle and being run over by the rear wheel of a school bus travelling in the opposite direction.
Kalutara North Police said the student died at the scene.
The deceased has been identified as 21-year-old Sithum Sankalpa, a student of the Faculty of Computing and Technology at the University of Kelaniya.
Preliminary investigations have revealed that the student was travelling from Colombo towards Galle with five friends on motorcycles when his motorcycle veered towards the right side of the road and he fell. He was then run over by the rear wheel of a bus transporting schoolchildren travelling in the opposite direction.
The accident caused heavy traffic congestion along the Galle Road, which was later brought under control by the police.
The bus driver has been arrested and is scheduled to be produced before the Kalutara Magistrate’s Court.
The accident was also captured on a CCTV camera, police said.
