Bus plunges into precipice:1 killed, 63 injured

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At least one person was killed and another 63 injured when a bus plunged down a 150 metre precipice at Teldeniya on the Kandy-Mahiyanganaya road a short while ago, police said

A spokesman for the Teldeniya Hospital said the injured were admitted to the Teldeniya Hospital and 47 of them who were in a critical condition were transferred to the Kandy Hospital.

The bus was travelling from Wekanda to Kandy at the time of tragedy.

Pix by M.B. Ekanayake

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Bus plunges into precipice:1 killed, 63 injured

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