10 July 2023 05:17 pm Views - 1185
While reporting the third bus accident in two days, another bus carrying a group on a picnic overturned on the Nuwara Eliya-Kandywara road at Helboda, Katukitula area, injuring eight persons.
The Pussellawa police said the injured have been admitted to the Kothmale and Pussellawa regional hospitals for treatment. According to hospital sources, their conditions were not serious.
A group of 22 persons from the Puttalam area met with this accident while they were on their way to Nuwara Eliya on a picnic.
According to the police, the bus hit a mound on the side of the road and then rolled over due to the driver of the bus falling asleep.
Pussellawa police are conducting investigations. (G.K. Krishanthan)
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