A soldier of the 3 Sri Lanka National Guard (SLNG) of the Kawantissapura camp at Kataragama managed to save the lives of four three-wheeler passengers, trapped in a raging inferno in the recent accident where a three-wheeler had a head-on-collision with a bus near the 'Aluth Para' junction on Colombo - Kataragama main road, close to Ambalantota on Monday (16). The soldier had fought the blazing fire at the risk of his own life to save the accident victims.
According to sources four members of one family, including one toddler and a child in the three-wheeler has been returning from Kataragama when a speeding passenger bus from the opposite direction collided with it head on, igniting a blazing fire in the three-wheeler while all the passengers remained trapped under the bus.
Lance Corporal M.G Chandana of 3 SLNG had been on board the Kataragama-bound bus had acted immediately to save the victims. Accusations were rife after the accident that many witnesses to the accident had been reluctant to help and was seen instead taking photographs at the accident spot.
The lives of all four victims are said to be now out of danger and the Police are conducting investigations.Meanwhile, Ambalantota Police station, as well as the SLNG, are planning to felicitate the heroic soldier for his timely intervention and the rescue of four live while risking his own life.
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