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