A 25-year-old resident of Malambe was killed when a motorcycle collided with a lorry near the Panagoda Army Camp.
The Athurugiriya Police said that a young couple was travelling on the motorcycle and the girl died at the scene of the accident.
The seriously injured man has been admitted to the Homagama Base Hospital.
The couple had been on their way back after visiting a relative in Padukka and they were travelling from Godagama towards Malambe.
The motorcycle overturned after making contact with a road section under construction near the Panagoda Army Camp and collided with the lorry travelling from the opposite direction.
It was reported that the two victims were to get married in the future.
The driver of the lorry has been arrested and will be produced in the Homagama Magistrate’s Court.
