35 passengers injured in Madampe accident

At least 35 passengers have been hospitalised following a collision between a cement-loaded lorry and a passenger bus at Madampe on the Chilaw-Colombo main road this morning.

 

Police said the injured were admitted to the Chilaw Hospital.

 

The collision took place when a passenger bus travelling from Devala Junction to Colombo via Chilaw reportedly lost control and collided with a cement-loaded truck heading in the same direction. 

 

The bus and the truck sustained severe damages in the incident.

 

The Madampe Police are carrying out further investigations.