Ginger in hospital ... vehicle falls into precipice while on the way for musical show!

Ginger in hospital ... vehicle falls into precipice while on the way for musical show!

Popular singer Ginger White had met with an accident while on her way to a musical show to be held in Deniyaya.

The motor vehicle had fallen into a 60 foot precipice close to the Diyadawa diga culvert in Kosmodera police division and her 7 year old

son and a relative son ... all in four had been admitted to hospital with injuries. Early last morning (28) around 1.15 early morning this accident has taken place, Kosmodera Police officer-in-charge Mr. Chandana Amaratunga said. Ginger and others who sustained injuries were admitted to Deniyaya Hospital and Ginger White was transferred to Matara General Hospital for further treatment.

Police suspect that the accident may have occured because the driver had dozed off. What Deniyaya Police say is that roads in Deniyaya experience heavy rains these days and that accidents due to slippery road conditions are seen in plenty and that in such circumstances when the vehicle when taking a bend had slipped in the process and had plunged into the precipice concerned.

As a result of the accident, Ginger's 7 year old son and a son (relative) had faced injuries. Immediately after the accident took place villagers have dispatched the victims to the hospital in 2 three-wheelers after pulling them out from the vehicle with great effort. Ginger's motor vehicle which was in the precipice was lifted and taken to the police. The vehicle had been badly damaged. Sometime back Ginger had been preparing to come forward as a candidate for Kolonnawa SLFP elections at which time an uproar emerged in the political field and later nominations were withheld from her.