Sri Lanka refugee camp inmate dies in road accident

Mathiazhagan (30), an inmate at the Sri Lankan Refugee Camp in Thulukankurichi in Vembakottai Union in Virudhunagar district died in a road accident on Tiruvengadam to Sivakasi stretch on Thursday night. Police said on Friday that the motorist had purchased grocery and food for his wife from Vembakottai and was returning home. While he was approaching the camp, a goods vehicle is said to have hit against the two-wheeler in which Mathiazhagan was thrown off. In the impact, he had suffered head injury and died on the spot. Vembakottai police registered a case and arrested driver Balamurugan (48) of Velliahpuram, Sivakasi. Further investigation was on.