Bus crashes into bus halt: woman killed

A 23-year-old woman was killed when she was knocked down by a private bus at Waturegama on the Galle-Colombo Road early this morning while she was waiting at a bus halt to take a bus to Colombo, Police said.

They said a private bus travelling towards Matara had veered off the Road and rammed into a nearby bus halt.

The injured was pronounced dead on admission to the Balapitiya Hospital.

The driver of the bus was arrested in connection with the incident.

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