Shock the images coming from the Sri Lankawhere at least 21 passengers bus carrying Buddhist pilgrims died and another 24 were injured on Sunday morning (11.05.25) when the vehicle fell into a ravine, the Deputy Minister of Transport said.
“21 people are dead, we are in the process of recognizing,” Prassana Gounasena told the press, who rushed to the spot where the bus tragedy in central Sri Lanka occurred. “The injured were taken to two hospitals,” he added.
The bus – carrying 70 people, while having a maximum capacity of 50 seated– It was circulating at night on hills in the Kotmale District when the driver lost control, police said.
«The bus rose to the left And when the driver took a turn he lost control and the bus fell on a ravine, he signed on the condition that he not be named the Sri Lanka Passenger who survived.
A bus veered off a cliff in Sri Lanka, killing at least 21 people and injuring 14 others, local police said pic.twitter.com/3kPSR1GKeP
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An investigation is being carried out to determine the conditions of the accident.
‘We try to understand if the vehicle suffered mechanical damage or the driver fell asleep on the steering wheel »a police officer told the French Agency on condition that he would not be named.
The vehicle, which belonged to a public transport company, had departed from the city of Kataragama, southern Sri Lanka, to Kurunegala (northwest), about 250 kilometers.
This is the most lonely car accident On the island of South Asia for 20 years: the 2005 train collision had claimed the lives of 37 people in the northwestern part of the country.
On average, some 3,000 people lose their lives every year on accidents on the streets of Sri Lanka.