A 24-year-old man was injured after a jeep in which MP Ali Sabri Raheem was traveling in collided with a tractor near 15th post on the Puttalam-Anuradhapura Main Road early this morning.
The police said the injured, a resident of Puliyankulama, was admitted to the Puttalam Hospital.
It was reported the MP, two of his security personnel and another two persons were travelling in the jeep at the time of the accident. They were heding towards Pulmude area from Puttalam when the accident occured.
The police said the jeep and the tractor were severely damaged in the accident.
The driver of the jeep has been arrested and the Saliyawewa Police is conducting further investigations into the incident.
