Three killed in bus accident

Three people have died and at least 30 others injured in an accident that occurred this morning (21) when a bus veered off the road on the Hatton-Kandy main road.

Police said the accident occurred when the private bus, which was travelling from Hatton to Kandy, veered off the road and overturned into a tea estate.

There were more than 30 passengers on the bus at the time of the accident, and the injured were rushed to the Hatton Hospital.