Bus carrying garment workers goes down precipice in Hatton; one dead

28 January 2022 09:41 am

One person died and 15 others hospitalised after a bus carrying employees of a garment factory fell into a precipice of about 45 feet on the Dickoya- Darawala road near Hatton this morning.

Eight women and eight men who were injured in the mishap were admitted to the Glencairn Hospital in Dickoya, where one seriously injured person was pronounced dead.

Hatton Police are conducting further investigations.(Darshana Sanjeewa Balasooriya)