Sri Lanka, Dec. 21 -- Four people, including a woman, have died in separate road accidents reported from several areas within the past 24 hours, police said.

The accidents had occurred yesterday (20) in the Jaffna, Dimbula Pathana and Tissamaharama police divisions.

An accident had occurred near the Pathana Junction on the Hatton-Nuwara Eliya road when a lorry driver had lost control of the vehicle, collided with a bus that was parked ahead, and subsequently struck two pedestrians.

The two pedestrians who sustained serious injuries in the accident were admitted to the Kotagala Hospital, where one pedestrian had succumbed to his injuries while the other had died after being admitted to the Dickoya Base Hospita for further treatment, the...