A 21-year-old University of Kelaniya student has been killed in a motorcycle accident in the Waskaduwa area of Kalutara this morning (8).

The deceased was identified as Sithum Sankalpa, a student of the Faculty of Computing and Technology.

Police stated that the student fell from his motorcycle while travelling towards Galle with five friends and was run over by a school bus travelling in the opposite direction.

The bus driver has been arrested and is due to be produced before the Kalutara Magistrate’s Court.