A 50-year-old specialist doctor attached to the Polonnaruwa General Hospital died after his car collided head-on with a tipper truck on the Minneriya–Habarana main road yesterday afternoon.
The collision occurred at around 3 p.m. when the car and the oncoming truck crashed into each other.
The doctor, a resident of Polonnaruwa, sustained serious injuries and was taken to the Habarana Regional Hospital, where he died shortly after admission.
His body remains at the hospital and is due to be transferred to the Polonnaruwa General Hospital for a post-mortem examination.
The car was extensively damaged. The cause of the crash has yet to be established, and Minneriya Police are conducting further investigations.
