OMANTHAI : An officer attached to the Consulate General of India in Jaffna has died following a tragic road accident in Omanthai, Vavuniya this Monday morning ,May (26), according to Omanthai Police.
The accident occurred when the car in which they were travelling en route to Jaffna from Colombo, collided with a tipper truck that was heading to Omanthai from Jaffna.
The deceased has been identified as a 52-year-old employee of the Indian Consulate.Satchinanda Prabakar Gurukkal, Those injured were the wife of the deceased Seetha Laxmi,50, son P Athsai, and father in law Swamnathan Aiyer
His wife, son, and father-in-law, who sustained serious injuries in the accident, have been admitted to the District General Hospital in Vavuniya for treatment.
Omanthai Police is conducting further investigations into the incident.
