A foreigner who died in an accident on the Sinamale' Bridge Highway on Saturday had been run over by a motorcycle after he fell off from his vehicle, a video has shown.
The video circulating on social media appears to be from a police CCTV camera. It shows the man's motorcycle hit a traffic cone on the highway after which he falls off from the vehicle.
Another motorcycle which came from behind lost control and ran over the man's body.
Police said the deceased was a Bangladeshi man. He died at around 9:00 am on February 1 while undergoing treatment at Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital (IGMH).
The accident occurred at 8:19 am when the man's motorcycle hit a traffic cone near the solar panels in the lane from Hulhumale' to Male'.
Police said the traffic cone was placed to indicate that work was underway near the solar panels on the side of the highway.
Further investigations are underway, police said earlier.
