Fifteen folks have been killed in Sri Lanka after a passenger bus veered off a 1,000ft cliff.
An extra 16 folks have been injured, together with 5 kids, a police spokesman stated.
The crash happened on a mountain street close to the city of Wellawaya, round 280km east of the capital Colombo, on Thursday night time.
The spokesman stated an preliminary police investigation has revealed the bus was travelling at a excessive pace when its driver misplaced management.
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A map exhibiting the city of Wellawaya, in Sri Lanka, the place the bus crashed
He added that the bus crashed into one other car and the street’s guardrails, earlier than toppling off the cliff.
Native tv footage confirmed the severely broken bus mendacity on the backside of the precipice as rescue crews – together with troopers, cops and volunteers – eliminated the injured folks all through the night time.
Lethal bus accidents are frequent in Sri Lanka, particularly within the island nation’s mountainous areas, typically resulting from poorly maintained and slender roads, and reckless driving.
