17 foreigners injured in accident

5 January 2017 09:55 am

Seventeen foreigners were injured last evening when the bus they were travelling, veered off the road due to a brake failure at Kadadora in Pussellawa, Police said.

They said four monks, four men and nine woman from Vietnam and Nepal were among the injured. They had been admitted to the Gampola Base Hospital.

It was reported that the accident took place while the foreigners were returning from a pilgrimage to Mahaweli Maha Seya in Kotmale.