Women & child killed in Jaffna road accident

Women & child killed in Jaffna road accident

A woman and a child were killed in a road accident in Nunavil, Jaffna this afternoon (09).

Chavakachcheri Police stated that the accident had taken place when a car had collided with a bowser parked near the road.

The victims were a 30-year-old woman and a five-year-old boy.

Another person travelling in the car was injured in the accident.

The bodies of the deceased were sent to the Jaffna Hospital for postmortem examination.

The cause of the accident was revealed to be losing control of the vehicle as a car tire had exploded.