Four killed, 36 injured in separate accidents at Dambulla
Posted by Editor on September 16, 2013 - 10:31 am
At least four people were killed and more than 36 injured in three separate accidents at Dambulla last night. Police said three persons travelling on a motorbike were killed when the bike collided with a lorry in the Dambulla town.
In another accident a passenger was died when a private bus on the Colombo- Dehiattakandiya road skidded off near Pelwehera. Twenty-eight passengers were injured in the accident.
In yet another incident eight passengers were injured when a van skidded off the Dambulla-Trincomalee road near Mirisgoniyawa.
The injured were admitted to the Dambulla Base Hospital.
(Courtesy: DM Online)
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