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Injured. 21. The 2024 Fox Hill Supercross race crash was a fatal motorsport race crash that occurred on 21 April 2024 at the Fox Hill racing track in Diyatalawa, Uva Province, Sri Lanka. Seven spectators died and around 21 people were admitted to the hospital after sustaining critical injuries. [1] [2] [3] The crash was caused when two racing ...
On July 14, 1992 a SLAF SIAI-Marchetti SF.260TP was shot down by LTTE; the pilot was killed. [8] On October 13, 1992 a SLAF FMA IA 58 Pucará crashed near Jaffna. [8] On April 28, 1995 a SLAF Avro 748 was shot down by the LTTE using a man-portable air-defense system (MANPADS) killing all 51 crew and passengers.
The 2004 Sri Lanka tsunami train wreck is the largest single rail disaster in world history by death toll, with 1,700 fatalities or more. It occurred when a crowded passenger train (No 50, Matara Express) was destroyed on a coastal railway in Sri Lanka by a tsunami that followed the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.
23 May 1958 – A night mail train derailed at Batticaloa, killing three and injuring several others. 18 March 1964 – Sixty people died in a derailment at Mirigama. [2] 19 January 1985 – Eleven passengers were killed by an LTTE bomb on a Yal Devi train. October 1985 – A freight train from Trincomalee to Colombo was bombed by LTTE.
Unfortunately, Rhaenyra fell for the ruse and, after being convinced not to go herself, allowed Rhaenys (Eve Best) to fly to Rook's Rest with her dragon, Meleys. Everything was going according to ...
Musical artist. Kasseem Daoud Dean (born September 13, 1978), known professionally as Swizz Beatz, is an American record producer and rapper. Born and raised in the Bronx borough of New York City, Dean initially embarked on his musical career as a DJ. At the age of 18, he gained recognition in the music industry through his family's record ...
Sri Lanka captain Charith Asalanka won the toss and chose to bat first against India in their ODI opener on Friday. India comes into the three one-day internationals after sweeping the Twenty20 ...
According to Paranavithana, during this period over 75 ships carrying Murundi soldiers from Mangalore arrived in Sri Lanka and landed in Chilaw to protect King Dathusena, most of them Christians. King Dathusena's daughter was married to Migara, a Christian and the commander of the Singhalese army. [7] [8]