Sri Lanka, Aug. 28 -- A schoolgirl and a lorry assistant have died in a fatal road accident that occurred this afternoon (28) in Alayapattuwa along the Horowpothana -Kahatagasdigiliya main road, according to Horowpothana Police.

The victims have been identified as a 10-year-old student of the Morakewa Vidyalaya in Horowpothana and a 27-year-old lorry assistant.

The accident took place at approximately 1:20 p.m. near a bridge about 200 meters towards Kahatagasdigiliya from the Alayapattuwa junction, police noted.

The lorry was transporting glass from Vavuniya to Anuradhapura when the driver reportedly fell asleep at the wheel. As a result, the vehicle veered off the road and crashed into the protective fence of the nearby bridge.

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