Head-on bus-van collision at Warakapola: three dead

Three people were killed and four others seriously injured in a road accident on Friday (November 7) in the Mahena area of Warakapola on the Colombo-Kandy main road, police said.

The accident happened when a van travelling from Colombo towards Kandy tried to overtake the vehicle in front and collided head-on with an oncoming Sri Lanka Transport Board bus.

Three people, two men and a woman, were killed; the four injured have been admitted to Warakapola Hospital for treatment.

The bus driver has been arrested over the accident; investigations are continuing.