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LNP – Kusal Mendis arrested over fatal accident

Cricketer Kusal Mendis has been arrested following an accident that killed a 64-year-old man at Horethuduwa in Panadura, this morning, Police Spokesman Jaliya Senaratna said.

He said the SUV of the 25-year-old cricketer was also taken into the police custody.

Police said the accident occurred at around 5 a.m today on the Old Galle Road when the Kusal’s SUV crashed into a bicycle.

The deceased was identified as a resident of Gokarella.

The cricketer would be produced in the Panadura Magistrate’s Court.

Thanuka

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