Four people including a Chinese national and two Sri Lankan policemen were killed in an accident in Athurugiriya this morning.
Lankan Police spokesman SSP Ajith Rohana said that a police night patrol vehicle had met with the accident on a highway under construction.
The vehicle, which was placed to protect the new highway under construction in Athurugiriya, veered off the road and fell into a ditch.
Two policemen who were in the vehicle as well as a Chinese national and the driver of the vehicle were killed in the accident.