A SUV (Toyota Land Cruiser) vehicle crashed into the Nanda Motors showroom near the Nelum Pokuna Theatre, Colombo 7 at around 4 pm on Sunday damaging a luxury car inside the showroom, police said.

“The driver, who is a female, had lost control of the vehicle due to high speed at the time of the accident,” a police official said.

Legal action will be taken against the driver on charges of reckless driving.

It is learnt that the driver was the daughter of a senior police officer and the said officer’s son was also a suspect in the last year road accident, in which the traffic OIC of the Borella police died.