Accident Cost 10 Lives at Chavakachcheri

At least 10 persons were killed and several others wounded following an accident involving a van and a bus in Meesalai Chavakachcheri, Jaffna. Police said that a SLTB bus traveling from Jaffna to Vavuniya had collided head-on with a van traveling from Colombo to Jaffna at around 1.00pm today (17).   Several passengers were admitted to the Chavakachcheri Hospital following the incident while 6 of them were transferred to the Jaffna Hospital.