(UTV | VAVUNIYA) – Two Army Personnel were injured when a vehicle which defied order to stop rammed on them at a checkpoint at Omanthai yesterday (17).
Army Personnel signalled to stop a vehicle which was transporting timber at the checkpoint. But the vehicle defied the order and went on knocking down the 2 Soldiers at the checkpoint, slamming into a nearby culvert.
The perpetrators fled the scene, the Police stated.
The cab was taken into the custody of the Omanthai Police and the 2 injured Soldiers have been admitted to the Vavuniya Hospital.
