Gate or barrier could have averted accident: Grieving mother
‘Kochiya enawa, kochiya enawa’ (‘the train is coming, the train is coming’ is all that the grieving wife and mother Thusharika Silva could murmur as she mourns the dead of her household at Katuwapitiya in Negombo.
She was awaiting the arrival of the bodies of her loved ones that were expected after midnight on Friday in keeping with Buddhist beliefs and customs while being comforted by relatives and friends.
However she was able to add that this tragedy could have been averted if there was a protective gate or barrier, but sadly this was not the case.