Sri Lanka, Aug. 3 -- Several individuals, including a mother and daughter, were hospitalized with severe injuries due to three road crashes that occurred within a one-hour period in Dambulla, police informed.

The first crash occurred today (03) in front of the Dambulla Headquarters Police, when a mother and daughter travelling on a motorcycle from Matale towards the Dambulla Court collided with a lorry driving from the opposite direction.

Due to the crash, the lorry fell into a drain in front of the Dambulla Police, and a police notice board was also damaged.

About five minutes after this crash occurred, the second crash was reported at the Ibbankatuwa Reservoir junction on the Dambulla-Kurunegala main road, our correspondent mentioned...