Kataragama to Colombo Bound Bus Crashes Into a Tree Injuring 13

A private bus travelling from Kataragama to Colombo veered off the road and crashed into a tree at Yayawatta, Tangalle on the Tissa-Matara main road this morning injuring thirteen passengers . They were admitted to Tangalle hospital. Police said that a woman and a foreign national are among the injured passengers. A spokesman for the hospital said, that 4 of the patients have already been discharged and that none of them are in critical condition.

This accident had occurred at around 4.00am today (28). Police suspects the driver of the bus losing control due to inclement weather causing roads to be slippery and the excessive speed it had been travelling.  The driver and the conductor of the bus have fled the scene immediately after the incident. Tangalle Police have launched investigations to apprehend them.