23 January 2020 02:11 pm Views - 2806
Twelve people including nine suspects had been injured in an accident involving a Black Maria and a lorry at Kaluwilapathana, Ambanpola this morning, the Police said.
They said the prisons bus was on its way to the Mahawa Prisons from the Galgamuwa Magistrate's Court when the accident occurred.
According to the Police the driver of the lorry had reversed the lorry to the Main Road causing the accident with the prison bus toppling it on the Main Road.
The driver of the prison bus, three officers of the Prisons Department and nine suspects were among those injured. They were admitted to the Galgamuwa Hospital.
The Ambanpola Police arrested the driver along with the lorry.