Keerthi Fernando –
The fourth death of fuel queue in a three-day was reported this morning .A man who was refueling at a petrol station in Mirigama has fallen unconscious and died, Mirigama Police said.
The deceased has been identified as a 76 year old man.
Police say the deceased fell unconscious while refueling several cans after his turn from the fuel queue.
He was rushed to the Mirigama Base Hospital. But by then the person was dead.
A senior official of the Mirigama Base Hospital said that it is suspected that the deceased may have died of a heart attack.
The post-mortem examination of the bodies of the deceased is scheduled to be held this afternoon.
