• The 63-year-old truck driver was dead inside his vehicle at filling station in Anguruwatota.
• Majority of the deaths reported in queues have been due to cardiac arrests.
• Sri Lanka’s economy is experiencing extreme fuel shortages, soaring food prices and a lack of medicines.

After waiting 5 days in a fuel station queue in Sri lanka, truck driver dies. Ten people have died in fuel station lines so far; and all of the deceased were men between the ages of 43 and 84. According to a media report on Thursday, a 63-year-old truck driver died in Sri Lanka; after waiting for five days in line at a filling station in the country’s Western Province. After standing in line at the Anguruwatota gas station; the man was discovered dead inside his car.

Ten people have already died in lines; and all of the deceased were men between the ages of 43 and 84.A report revealed that the majority of queue-related deaths were caused by heart arrests.

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A 53-year-old man passed away a week ago while spending several hours in line at a gas station in Panadura, Colombo.
According to reports, the man passed away from a heart attack; while he was sitting in line in his truck.

The 22 million-person nation of Sri Lanka is presently experiencing its greatest economic crisis; in more than 70 years.
Extreme fuel shortages, skyrocketing food prices, and a dearth of medications; are all affecting Sri Lanka’s economy.

The government’s difficulty to persuade the state-owned Bank of Ceylon; to open Letters of Credit for gasoline imports has worsened the existing shortages.

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