A woman has died and six others have been injured in an accident on the Southern Expressway between Galanigama and Kahathuduwa.
Police said that the accident occurred when a van coming from behind a lorry travelling from Galle to Colombo collided with it in the early hours of this morning (16).
The driver of the van, a man and two women who were injured in the accident have been admitted to the Homagama Hospital, three children to the Kalubowila Hospital, while one woman who was admitted to the Homagama Hospital has died.
The deceased is a 35-year-old woman, the police said. The body has been deposited at the Homagama Hospital morgue and the Moragahahena Police are conducting further investigations.