One killed, 25 injured in head-on collision

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

They 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.

Allawwa police are investigating.

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Observer Wednesday, 13 June 2018 08:18 PM

Private buses have no control, as you see all over.

hon ciziten Wednesday, 13 June 2018 08:25 PM

The innocent public life is put at risk due the wreckless bus drivers. The authorities have failed to control bus speeding and the bus racing mafia continues. When will we learn ?

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