Two persons died and four injured when a Prisons Department bus collided with a van at Balagolla on the Wariyapola - Anuradhapura road yesterday morning.
The four who sustained serious injuries was admitted to the Kurunegala Teaching Hospital where they are receiving treatment at the Intensive Care Unit. Their condition is stable. The Prison Department’s driver had driven the vehicle in a reckless manner was being taken into custody by the Maho police.
Police believed that the reckless driving may have led to the accident.The victims, Chaminda Iresh Ekanayaka (38) and Kadinapullege Sumanawathi (60) are members of a same family residing in Maho.