RI woman dies after truck hits plane ramp

RI woman dies after truck hits plane ramp

SRI LANKA: An Indonesian woman passenger was killed and six
others injured on Sunday after a truck slammed into an airplane
exit ramp at the island's only international airport, a spokesman
said.

The passengers were on vehicle-mounted ramp disembarking from
a Sri Lankan airlines flight when an airport truck crashed into
it, sending the victims flying, Sri Lankan airlines spokesman
Chandana de Silva said.

"We rushed seven passengers to hospital where one of them, an
Indonesian passport holder succumbed to her injuries," de Silva
said. He said two Indian nationals and an Australian passport
holder were among the injured.

The others were Sri Lankan nationals who were returning home
from Singapore aboard flight UL316.

Police said the driver of the truck was arrested. --AFP