INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The driver of the vehicle belonging to late State Minister Sanath Nishantha has detailed the chilling moment when the fatal collision, which
killed the lawmaker and his security guard on Thursday morning (Jan.25), happened.During interrogations, Prabhath Eranga told the police:
The [state] minister was asleep at the time
I overtook the car in front of us, from the left side
roadside barrier as he lost control of the vehicle after rear-ending the container truck.Some media reports, citing the findings of
sources, the state minister had sustained serious injuries to his head and right leg.Meanwhile, the remains of the late State Minister are
planned to be taken to his residence in Puttalam later today.Nishantha lies in state at the Jayaratne Funeral Parlour in Borella at the
moment and the members of the public are allowed to pay their last respects.Following the fatal collision that took place around 2:00 a.m
on Thursday (Jan.26), three injured people including State Minister Nishantha had been rushed to the Colombo North Teaching Hospital in
was reported that, at the time of the accident, the group had been returning from a wedding ceremony held at a hotel in Bandarawatta, Chilaw
the night before.Born on 03 May 1975, Nishantha had begun his political career in 1997 by contesting the local government elections
He was elected to the parliament from Puttalam District at the general elections held in 2015 and 2020.Nishantha is survived by his wife
Attorney-at-Law Chamari Perera, three daughters and a son.President Ranil Wickremesinghe and many other high-profile politicians have
visited the residence of the late State Minister Sanath Nishantha this afternoon (Jan.25) to offer their condolences to the bereaved family
