One killed, 25 injured in head-on collision

A 60-year-old man was killed and 25 others injured after two private buses collided head-on at Kapuwarala, Allawwa on the Kurunegala-Colombo Main Road this evening, police said.

They said a bus travelling from Kaduruwela towards Colombo had collided head-on with a bus heading Galnewa from Colombo and both buses had plunged down a precipice after the collision.

The injured were admitted to the Allawwa and Kurunegala Hospitals.

Allawwa police are investigating.