Accident on Outer Circular Highway claims two lives

Two people were killed on the Outer Circular Highway stretch between Kaduwela and Kadawatha early yesterday morning, after a lorry collided with another lorry that had broken down along the route.

Police officers said the lorry driver died after being thrown out of the vehicle, and another person died as a result of a fire that broke out after the accident.

The Police had arrested the driver of the broken down lorry, and his assistant, and further investigations into the accident are going on.