Top Commando officer killed in accident

SATURDAY, 15 JUNE 2013 

A Lieutenant colonel and a corporal were killed and a Major was injured in Karuwalagaswewa near Thabbowa tank early this morning when their defender met with an accident.  

Lt. Colonel Ravindra Hadunpathirane who was to be appointed as the Commando Brigade Commander was killed in the accident.(HPJ)

ARMY OFFICERS DIE IN CRASH...

June 15, 2013

A Colonel and a Corporal of the Sri Lankan Army (SLA) were killed while a Major was injured when the Land Rover Defender they were traveling in veered off the road and crashed into a power pole in Tabbowa on the Anuradhapura-Puttalam road today (June 15

).