{"id":198,"date":"2022-10-22T08:57:15","date_gmt":"2022-10-22T08:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ceylondailynews.lk\/?p=198"},"modified":"2022-10-22T08:57:17","modified_gmt":"2022-10-22T08:57:17","slug":"army-captain-dead-in-defender-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ceylondailynews.lk\/home\/2022\/10\/22\/army-captain-dead-in-defender-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"Army Captain dead in Defender accident"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A captain of the Special Forces of Sri Lanka Army was killed and four others were injured after an army defender vehicle met with an accident in Welikanda this morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police said the defender which was traveling from Sinhapura towards Welikanda on the Sinhapura Welikanda road lost control and wheeled off the road before it collided with a tree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" data-id=\"195\" src=\"http:\/\/ceylondailynews.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/gallery.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ceylondailynews.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/gallery.jpg 400w, https:\/\/ceylondailynews.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/gallery-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-id=\"196\" src=\"http:\/\/ceylondailynews.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/gallery1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-196\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1544\" height=\"1544\" data-id=\"193\" src=\"http:\/\/ceylondailynews.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Army-killed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ceylondailynews.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Army-killed.jpg 1544w, https:\/\/ceylondailynews.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Army-killed-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ceylondailynews.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Army-killed-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ceylondailynews.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Army-killed-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ceylondailynews.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Army-killed-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ceylondailynews.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Army-killed-1536x1536.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1544px) 100vw, 1544px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The captain who was traveling in the front seat of the Defender car was injured and died on admission to the Welikanda hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Four officers, including the driver, who were traveling in the Defender car were injured and admitted to Polonnaruwa Hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The deceased captain, a 28-year-old was identified as a resident of Matale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was revealed they were traveling from the Trincomalee area to the Maduru Oya army base for official work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Welikanda Police is conducting further investigations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A captain of the Special Forces of Sri Lanka Army was killed and four others were injured after an army defender vehicle met with an accident in Welikanda this morning.&hellip; 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