<p class="bodytext">Sri Lanka batsman Kusal Mendis was arrested on Sunday after the vehicle he was driving hit and killed a 64-year-old cyclist.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The accident took place at 5am on the Old Galle Road in the Colombo suburb of Panadura.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Mendis will appear before a magistrate even as the police conduct an investigation into the accident.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to police, Mendis' car crashed into the bicycle of the deceased who has been identified as a resident of Gokarella.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The victim suffered serious injuries and died as he was being admitted to the hospital.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The police has taken the cricketer's SUV into its custody and would investigate if he was driving under the influence.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 25-year-old wicketkeeper-batsman has represented Sri Lanka in 44 Tests and 76 ODIs. Mendis was part of the national squad which had resumed training after the COVID-19 lockdown.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In 2003, Sri Lanka's spinner Kaushal Lokuarachchi was given a four-year suspended jail sentence for crashing his vehicle into a woman pedestrian.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sri Lanka's international assignments, including a tour by India, have been cancelled due to the pandemic.</p>
<p class="bodytext">Sri Lanka batsman Kusal Mendis was arrested on Sunday after the vehicle he was driving hit and killed a 64-year-old cyclist.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The accident took place at 5am on the Old Galle Road in the Colombo suburb of Panadura.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Mendis will appear before a magistrate even as the police conduct an investigation into the accident.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to police, Mendis' car crashed into the bicycle of the deceased who has been identified as a resident of Gokarella.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The victim suffered serious injuries and died as he was being admitted to the hospital.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The police has taken the cricketer's SUV into its custody and would investigate if he was driving under the influence.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 25-year-old wicketkeeper-batsman has represented Sri Lanka in 44 Tests and 76 ODIs. Mendis was part of the national squad which had resumed training after the COVID-19 lockdown.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In 2003, Sri Lanka's spinner Kaushal Lokuarachchi was given a four-year suspended jail sentence for crashing his vehicle into a woman pedestrian.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sri Lanka's international assignments, including a tour by India, have been cancelled due to the pandemic.</p>