At least 23 people were injured when a bus skidded off the road and crashed into a telephone post at Amunumulla junction on the Welimada – Haputale road this morning, the police said.

The victims were on their way to a wedding ceremony in Haputale when the accident occurred.

The Injured were admitted to the Welimada hospital and nine of them were transferred to the Badulla hospital, hospital sources said.  (News and Pix by R.Kogulan)