Bus plunges into precipice:1 killed, 63 injured

15 October 2014 10:15 am

At least one person was killed and another 63 injured when a bus plunged down a 150 metre precipice at Teldeniya on the Kandy-Mahiyanganaya road a short while ago, police said
 
A spokesman for the Teldeniya Hospital said the injured were admitted to the Teldeniya Hospital and 47 of them who were in a critical condition were transferred to the Kandy Hospital.

The bus was travelling from Wekanda to Kandy at the time of tragedy.




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