A Car & Tipper Collided 

A car travelling towards Galle had collided head-on with a tipper truck travelling towards Matara at around 5.40am this morning at Welhengoda, Ahangama.

Two women were killed while another two persons including a two-year-old girl are in critical condition following a head-on collision involving a car and a tipper truck at Ahangama on the Galle-Matara main road, Police said.

Four persons of the same family including a male, two women and a little girl were rushed to the Karapitiya Teaching Hospital in critical condition following the incident.

The driver of the tipper truck has been arrested in connection with the incident.

Further investigations carried out  by Ahangama Police.