Seven killed, dozens injured in Fox Hill Supercross mishap

by PRIYAN DE SILVA 

Seven persons, including an eight-year-old girl, were killed and more than 20 others injured, some critically, in an accident during the Fox Hill Supercross at Diyathalawa on Sunday (21) afternoon.

The Fox Hill Supercross was held, after a lapse of five years, by the Sri Lanka Military Academy, in collaboration of the Sri Lanka Army Motor Sports Committee and Sri Lanka Automobile Sports. The event attracted a record crowd of over 100,000.

The mishap occurred when a car skidded and ran off the track.