Sri Lanka: Bus crashes in Aladeniya; 37 injured

The bus was carrying a group of passengers on a leisure trip when the crash occurred. All injured individuals were taken to nearby regional hospitals for treatment. Read further on Dynamite News

Colombo: Thirty-seven people were injured in a bus accident in Aladeniya in Sri Lanka's Central Province on Monday night, police said, reports Dynamite News correspondent.

Among those injured were nine children under the age of 15, police said.

The bus was carrying a group of passengers on a leisure trip when the crash occurred. All injured individuals were taken to nearby regional hospitals for treatment, police said.

Preliminary investigations indicate that a brake failure may have caused the accident, police said.

Bus accidents are frequent in Sri Lanka. On Sunday, over 20 people were killed with dozens more injured when a bus plunged off a cliff in Kotmale, in the Central Province.

Earlier Incident 1

Eleven people were killed and around 25 others injured when a bus plunged off a cliff in Kotmale, located in Sri Lanka's Central Province on Sunday morning, police said.

The injured have been admitted to regional hospitals for treatment, and the cause of the accident was yet to be determined, police said.

Police said earlier that eight people were killed and over 30 others were injured in the accident.

Five of the deceased are men and the others are women, police said.

The injured have been admitted to regional hospitals for treatment, police said.

Police have launched an investigation into the cause of the accident.

Road accidents are frequent in Sri Lanka, with official data showing that buses are often involved.

Earlier Incident 2

Six military personnel succumbed to their injuries after a Sri Lankan Air Force helicopter crashed into the Maduru Oya Reservoir in the country's North Central Province on Friday morning, said a spokesperson.

Air Force Version

Air force spokesperson Eranda Geeganage said 12 people, including two pilots, were on board at the time of the crash, and six of them have succumbed to their injuries, after being sent to regional hospitals.

The other six are still in the hospital, Geeganage said.

Earlier, Geeganage said that all the 12 on board were safe and had been sent to hospitals for treatment.

The incident took place during a demonstration held as part of a passing-out ceremony for the Sri Lanka Air Force.