Sri Lanka, Dec. 31 -- An individual who contested the last General Election from the Ratnapura District under the National People's Power (NPP) ticket has been killed in a head-on collision involving a motorcycle and a private bus, police said.

The deceased has been identified as H. M. Sarath Wijesena, a 63-year-old retired brigadier and father of two, who was residing in Makumbura, Pannipitiya.

A retired colonel who was travelling with him sustained serious injuries in the accident.

The incident occurred while the two were travelling by motorcycle to Galle for a business purpose along the Bandaragama-Kesbewa road.

The collision took place at the Galkade junction in Welmilla, when a private bus transporting staff of the Sri Jayewarden...