Two youths were reportedly killed in separate road accidents in the Sevanagala and Panamura police divisions yesterday (09).
In the first incident, a 17-year-old was fatally injured when a bus collided with the rear of a motorcycle on the Sevanagala-Divulgas Junction road.
The accident occurred as a bus traveling towards Divulgas Junction struck a motorcycle heading from Gamunupura to Laksirigama.
Both the motorcyclist and the pillion rider were seriously injured, and the pillion rider succumbed to injuries after being admitted to Sevanagala Hospital.
In a separate incident, a 19-year-old youth was killed in Mulendiyawala when a motorcycle collided with the trailer of a hand tractor on the Mulendiyawala-Malapalawa road.
The victim was a resident of Embilipitiya, Mulendiyawala.
-Ada Derena