Police Media Spokesman, Senior DIG Ajith Rohana stated that about 10 deaths have been reported from road accidents yesterday (13). Senior DIG Ajith Rohana stated that there is a rapid increase in road accidents. “The number of deaths at the rate of 10 deaths per day is 3,650 per year, which is a very high number according to the country’s road network,” he said. In 2020, 2,144 people died in road accidents and in 2019, 2,839 people died in road accidents. So far in 2021, 1,266 people have died in accidents.

Source: The Nation July 14, 2021 04:18 UTC