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Two Australian nationals killed in car accident in Sri Lanka

WION Web Team
New Delhi, Delhi, IndiaUpdated: Jun 21, 2018, 11:58 AM IST
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Two Australian national women died in a car accident in Sri Lanka on Thursday morning, reports said. 

An Australian woman and a four-year-old girl were killed in the fatal accident that occurred around 5 am today in Kurundugahahetekma area on the Southern Expressway, reports said.

Their van traveling from Kottawa to Galle, collided with a container truck that was stopped on the side of the Expressway due to a technical fault and toppled over.

Four Australians who were travelling in the van and the driver of the container truck were injured and admitted to the Kalutara Nagoda Hospital but the 37-year-old mother and her four-year old daughter succumbed to their injuries, reports said.