In Sri Lanka, as economic crisis worsens, two men die waiting in queue for fuel

FILE PHOTO: Vehicle owners wait in line to fill their tanks during a power outage at a Ceylon Petroleum Corporation fuel station in Nugegoda, Colombo, Sri Lanka February 24, 2022. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte/File Photo

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lankan police said on Sunday two men collapsed and died while waiting in separate queues to secure fuel amid sky-rocketing prices leading to record inflation.

The men, in their seventies, died while they were waiting for petrol and kerosene oil in two different parts of the country, said police spokesman Nalin Thalduwa in commercial capital Colombo.