One dead, four injured in accident at Puwakgodamulla

By Prasad Rukmal   

One died, and four others were seriously injured in a head-on collision of a SLTB bus and a trishaw at Puwakgodamulla on the Badulla-Mahiyangana Road last morning. The injured were admitted to Badulla Teaching Hospital.   

The deceased and the injured were the passengers of the trishaw, including its driver.   

 The Badulla bound bus belonging to Dehiattakandiya SLTB  depot had collided with the trishaw transporting a group of passengers  from Badulla to Rideepana. The deceased was yet to be identified.   

A woman and three men had been injured and admitted to  hospital. A spokesman for the hospital said they were in critical  condition. The trishaw had been extensively damaged and rendered  useless.   

The driver of the SLTB bus was arrested pending further investigations.   

A police team under SI A.V. Anura is conducting further  investigations on the instructions of HQI Badulla Police Priyantha  Chaminda.