Ten killed in head-on collision in Mahiyanganaya

Ten people were killed and two others injured when a van they were travelling in collided head-on with a bus, near the Mahiyanganaya National College early this morning.

Police said the bus which was travelling from Trincomalee to Diyathalawa on the Mahiyanganaya-Badulla Main Road, had collided head-on with the van at around 1.30 this morning.

They said the driver of the van and eleven others were admitted to the Mahiyanganaya Hospital and ten of them have succumbed to their injuries.

Police said four men, three women and three children were among the deceased.

The driver of the bus has been arrested.

Police suspect that the accident could have occurred following the van driver falling asleep on the wheel.(Darshana Sanjeewa and Palitha Ariyawansa)

Video by Damith, Palitha Ariyawansa

Pix by Ranjith Karunaweera