Bus transporting workers crashes, 20 injured

12 July 2018 12:45 pm Views - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}} 5 Bookmark

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At least 20 female garment workers were injured, when their bus veered off the road and crashed into a nearby coconut tree this morning at Hadiwatte in Habaraduwa, the Habaraduwa Police said.

The bus was travelling from Poddala to Koggala. The injured were admitted to the Karapitiya Teaching Hospital.

Police said that investigations had revealed that excessive speed had caused the accident.

The driver of the bus was taken into custody by the Habaraduwa Polic (Sumathipala Deeyagahage)

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ANTON Thursday, 12 July 2018 01:02 PM

WHEN NUTS DRIVE VEHICLES , VEHICLES DRIVE THEM NUTS. ----- ANTON

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Jaliya Thursday, 12 July 2018 05:14 PM

You mean drive in to coco...nuts ? What I am impressed with is ... it took an investigation by the police to identify the cause ... [ SPEEDING !! ]

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Singhela Thursday, 12 July 2018 02:33 PM

It shoul be mandatory to fit, all commercial and Public Transport Vehicles with Tachometers and Dash cams, so that Police and Insuarance companies can monitor speed, driving style and duration of continuous driving.

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Jaliya Thursday, 12 July 2018 05:20 PM

I have a better idea .... we can connect a 12g shotgun above the drivers head with the trigger attached to the accelerator pedal !

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Ceylon Thursday, 12 July 2018 06:26 PM

If not enough the bus crashess,here here bus employess also crash.

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