Accident kills two women

17 August 2013 06:48 am Views - 7587

Two women were killed and nine injured when a jeep skidded off the road and hit a tree at Ikiliwewa in Thambuththegama this morning, police said.
The victims were travelling from Horana to Anuradhapura when the tragedy occurred.

The injured were admitted to the Thambuththegama base hospital.

Meanwhile a 25- year-old man was killed and 18 injured when a bus plying to Kandy from Panadura collided head on with a van transporting workers of a garment factory this morning at Peragashandiya, Biyagama.

Twelve of the injured were admitted to the National Hospital in Colombo.(Sanjeewa Rathnayake & W.D.M. Withana)
 




Thambuththegama Accident Pix by Snajeewa Rathnayake





Biyagama accident Pix by W.D.M.Withana