Five Persons Were Killed And Fourty Four Injured Due To A Road Accident

Five passengers were killed and forty four were injured and hospitalized after the Private they were traveling in colliding with a security fence of a bridge while attempting to pass a Three wheeler and toppled over at 10th post  in Madurankuliya area on Colombo -Puttalam main road this morning(06).The injured have been admitted to the Chilaw,Puttalam and Mundalama Hospitals for treatment .

The Bus was traveling from Colombo to Jaffna at the time of accident   and as a result a heavy traffic has been reported from Colombo-Puttalam road.