JVP Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s driver has been arrested due to careless driving.

The driver had allegedly tried to overtake another vehicle when a truck delivering sand has crashed head-on with the JVP Leader’s cab. The accident took place at Holipitiya on Ratnapura-Panadura road.

Sources told Asian Mirror that the driver will be brought before court today evening.

The JVP Leader was brought to the General Hospital in Colombo from the Ratnapura Hospital yesterday evening after the accident.

Members from the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna and UNP Leader Ranil Wickramasinghe had visited Anura Kumara Dissanayake at the Clombo National Hospital.