Srilanka, March 20 -- Kelaniya University's Psychology Unit Head Senior Lecturer Dr. N.D. Gunendra Gayantha was killed and six others, including his wife and three children, sustained serious injuries in a road accident that occurred on the Mirigama - Kandy Central Expressway on Tuesday night (18), the Mirigama Hospital Police said.

The deceased Dr. N.D. Gunendra Gayantha, 45, a resident of Makola South. Investigations have revealed that Gayantha and his family had been returning home from Jaffna in a hired van when they encountered this accident.

Initial Police investigations have revealed that the accident occurred when a cement transporting lorry and a van travelling towards Mirigama collided in the area near Boyawalana on the road ...