Woman Dead, 15 Injured In Bus Crash In Sri Lanka

Woman Dead, 15 Injured In Bus Crash In Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, Aug 2 (NNN-XINHUA) – A woman died and 15 others were injured, when a passenger bus collided with a truck, in Thulhiriya town, north of the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, today, the local police said.

The Colombo-bound bus departed from the city of Anuradhapura in North Central province. The police said, the injured were rushed to local hospitals.

In a separate accident, at least 18 were injured when a state-owned bus veered off the road and fell into a precipice, at Watawala, in central Sri Lanka, during the early hours of yesterday morning.

Some 19,740 road accidents were reported in Sri Lanka in 2022, killing 2,485 people, according to the police.– NNN-XINHUA

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