Twenty garment factory female employees and the driver of a bus had been admitted to the Eheliyagoda hospital after the bus crashed on to tree on the Ratnapura-Colombo Road this morning, the Police said.

 The Police said the bus had lost control and skidded off the road and crashed on to the tree near the Parakaduwa Ayurvedic Health Centre.

The privately owned bus was heading to Avissawella from Ratnapura. (CP)