State Minister Sriyani Wijewickrama, who was admitted to the Peradeniya teaching hospital following an accident this morning, has sustained injuries to her head and an arm, hospital sources confirmed. 

They also added that the state minister's condition was not critical. 

Her vehicle, however, was severely damaged due to the accident which took place in Kadugannawa. 

Police said her vehicle veered off the road and crashed onto a wayside tree at the Henawala bend in Kadugannawa on the Colombo – Kandy Road.

The Police also added that the driver and the MSD officer were not injured. However, the driver who developed a chest pain later and obtained OPD treatment at the Peradeniya hospital.