Civilians and soldiers injured in multiple accidents [September 06 2013]

A soldier died while 15 other passengers and three soldiers sustained injuries in a multiple vehicle collision involving two buses and a tractor reported on A9 Road in Kilinochchi last night.

A bus bound for Jaffna had collided with a tractor carrying four army soldiers while trying to overtake the latter, the police said.

The tractor had veered off course and collided with an on coming bus bound for Vavuniya forcing the latter to topple across the road.

A group of passengers including 10 males and two females along with the four soldiers sustained injuries and rushed to Kilinochchi Hospital. The soldier who drove the tractor had succumbed to his injuries shortly after.