Ananda Wedisinghe

[2] He died at the age of 47 due to injuries sustained on his head and leg following a motor cycle crash during a Nuwara Eliya road race held on 23 April 2017.

With his career as a motocross rider he was the founder of "Auto plaza Ananda international (PVT) Ltd" at the age of 20 which continues till now.

His father was Siri Wedisinghe, one of the first motorcycle racers from Sri Lanka who also died from a racing accident.

Wedisinghe married his Japanese wife, Rumi, returning to Sri Lanka where he started promoting motorcross sport.

[7] Wedisinghe was in a coma following the accident and was being treated for serious injuries at the intensive care unit of the Kandy general hospital for five weeks until his death on 29 May 2017.