Ten soldiers injured in bus accident [August 08 2014]

At least ten soldiers including the driver sustained injuries when the bus they were travelling in crashed into a roadside culvert in Minneriya last night, the police said.

The bus plying to Polonnaruwa from Habarana on A11 Road veered off the road and crashed due to the driver failing to control the heavy vehicle.

The injured soldiers were admitted to Polonnaruwa Hospital. They were from Welikanda 222 Brigade of the SL Army.