(LANKAPUVATH | COLOMBO) – A police officer who was receiving treatment at the Colombo National Hospital after he was seriously injured when an SUV ran over him near the Independence Square last evening has died early today (06).
The police constable who died in this accident was a 25-year-old resident of Walasmulla area.
In connection with the accident, the police have arrested the 27-year-old driver of the SUV, who is a resident of Narahenpita area and a technical engineer working in a private company in Colombo.
The police state that the father of the arrested suspect worked as a volunteer obstetrician and gynecologist at the Police Hospital many years ago at the request of the then former Inspector General of Police. There the doctor has been given the rank of Deputy Senior Superintendent of Police. However, he had left the police hospital many years ago.
The Cinnamon Garden police are conducting further investigations into the accident.
