Colombo, April 28 (newsin.asia) – Eighteen people were injured when a passenger bus toppled in the southern expressway, in Pinnaduwa, near the Galle district, in southern Sri Lanka on Saturday, Police said.
A Police official told newsin.asia, the driver had lost control when a back tyre of the bus had burst.
The passengers had been residents of Kalutara and had been travelling to Kataragama, in the Uva Province, on pilgrimage.
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The injured had been rushed to the southern Karapitiya Hospital.
An investigation has been launched into the accident.
