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Indian-origin Australian woman killed, daughter injured in road accident in Sri Lanka

Colombo, April 17 A 67-year-old Australian woman of Indian origin was killed and two persons, including her daughter, were injured on Monday when the car in which they were travelling plunged from a cliff in Sri Lanka. Prakash Sharita Devi...
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Colombo, April 17

A 67-year-old Australian woman of Indian origin was killed and two persons, including her daughter, were injured on Monday when the car in which they were travelling plunged from a cliff in Sri Lanka.

Prakash Sharita Devi and two others were travelling when their car met with an accident at Dara Wanguwa in Hemmathagama, the Colombo Page news portal reported.

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Police said the driver of the car, a resident of Wattala, and a 30-year-old woman who were injured in the accident were admitted to the Gampola Hospital.

Devi was identified as a resident of Sydney, Australia.

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The police said preliminary investigation revealed that the driver lost control of the car due to high speed and it ran off the road and rolled down the cliff.

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