25 passengers injured in Madampe accident

By Jude Samantha

Chilaw, July  (Daily Mirror) - At least 25 passengers have been hospitalised following a collision between a cement-loaded lorry and a passenger bus at Madampe on the Chilaw-Colombo main road this morning.

Police said the injured were admitted to the Chilaw Hospital.

The collision took place when a passenger bus travelling from Devala Junction to Colombo via Chilaw reportedly lost control and collided with a cement-loaded truck heading in the same direction. 

The bus and the truck sustained severe damages in the incident.

The Madampe Police are carrying out further investigations.