Sri Lanka bus plunges 300m, killing 15
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Colombo – A Sri Lankan bus carrying local tourists visiting lush tea plantation hill towns plunged nearly 300m, killing 15 people, the police said on Sept 5.
The accident took place on the night of Sept 4 in the mountainous Ella area, about 130km east of the capital. Sixteen others on board were injured.
The group was returning home after a holiday in the cooler hills when the bus hit another vehicle, crashed through guardrails and then shot over the side.
The accident was Sri Lanka’s deadliest since May, when 23 passengers died in a bus crash in Kotmale.
The island’s winding roads are considered among the most dangerous in the world. Sri Lanka, a nation of 22 million people, records an average of 3,000 road fatalities each year. AFP
