One person was killed while another 9 passengers were wounded following a head-on collision involving a bus and a lorry in the Ellepola area in Balangoda. The driver of the lorry, transporting textiles to a garment factory in Balangoda, had succumbed to injuries after being admitted to the Balangoda Hospital. The lorry had collided with a passenger transport bus traveling from Badulla to Colombo. Nine passengers of the bus were also admitted to the Balangoda Hospital.