19 February 2022 12:00 am Views - 459
By Shantha Chandrasiri
A van transporting passengers veered off the road, crashed into a wayside mound of earth and toppled at Ranjulawa in Ginigathena on the Hatton-Avissawella road on Thursday night (17) causing serious injuries to three passengers.
The injured, one of them in a critical condition with fractured upper and lower limbs, were admitted to the Nawalapitiya Base Hospital.
Investigations revealed that the van was transporting a group of passengers from Talawakelle to Karapitiya in Galle when it met with the accident and that the driver had lost control of the vehicle due to excessive speed. The van had been extensively damaged.
Ginigathena police are conducting further investigat