One Killed  & 25 Injured After Private Buses Collide

Two private buses collided head-on at Kapuwarala, Allawwa on the Kurunegala-Colombo Main Road last evening,  a 60-year-old man was killed and 25 others injured, police said.

A bus travelling from Kaduruwela towards Colombo had collided head-on with a bus heading Galnewa from Colombo and both buses had plunged down a precipice after the collision.

The injured were admitted to the Allawwa and Kurunegala Hospitals.

Further investigations are being carried out by the Allawwa police.