Students among 29 injured after bus topples

Students among 29 injured after bus topples

July 21, 2015   12:11 pm

At least 29 passengers including  several school children were wounded after a bus toppled in the Dulpitiya area on the Hemmathagama-Dikpitiya road this morning. 

Police said that around 20 students and the driver of the bus among the injured persons and that they are receiving treatment at the Aranayake Hospital. 

Aranayake Police is conducting an investigation into the incident. 

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