COLOMBO, Sept 5 (NNN-XINHUA) – At least 15 people have died from a bus accident, that took place last night, along the Ella-Wellawaya road, in Sri Lanka’s Uva province, said police.
Around 16 were injured and hospitalised, according to police. A spokesperson for a local hospital said, some of them are in critical condition.
Police said the accident occurred last night, when a bus carrying a group of municipal employees, who were returning from a leisure trip, veered off the road and plunged down a ravine a few hundred metres deep.
Given the rough terrain, rescue efforts involved police, the army, the air force, the fire department and local residents, police said, adding that, operations continued till around 4.00 a.m. local time, early this morning.– NNN-XINHUA
