A group of police officers on night patrol duty met with an accident in the early hours of today (2026.01.01) near the Ambalantota Girihadu Temple in the Ambalantota Police Division.
When the group of police officers signaled a motor vehicle traveling from Tangalle towards Kataragama to stop, the vehicle fled the police officers.
A police constable and a civil defense guard were injured in the accident and were admitted to the Ambalantota Hospital. The police constable was admitted to the Hambantota Hospital for further treatment. The police constable died there.
The deceased was a 43-year-old police constable attached to the Ambalantota Police Station and a resident of the Suriyawewa area.
The car that caused the accident and a person in it have been arrested, while the driver of the car has fled. The Ambalantota police are conducting further investigations.