The Mahawela police yesterday, in the Kawatayamuna area, arrested a three wheeler driver for transporting 13 small children and a woman.

According to the police, the children were those attending a pre-school and the woman was the mother of one of them.

While the woman and the 13 children were released, the three wheeler driver was to be charged before the Matale Magistrate for overloading the vehicle. It is an offence to carry more than three passengers in a three wheeler.

Source: Island (Sri Lanka)