SLTB, private bus collision in Dadalla; 18 passengers injured

By Jayakantha Liyanage and D. G. Sugathapala   

At least 18 passengers sustained injuries when two buses rammed into each other in Dadalla area in Galle yesterday morning.  

 Police said a Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) bus bound for Polonnaruwa from Matara had collided head-on with a private bus bound for Galle from Ambalangoda.   

The driver of the private bus identified as 35-year-old Kamal Pushpa Kumara of Baddegama was hospitalised in a critical condition.   

Preliminary investigations revealed that the private bus had collided with the SLTB bus while overtaking another vehicle in a reckless manner.