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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
COLOMBO, May 13 (Xinhua) — Thirty-seven people were injured in a bus accident in Sri Lanka’s Central Province on Monday, local police said.
The incident took place in the village of Aladeniya. According to police, nine children under the age of 15 were among those injured. All the victims were taken to nearby hospitals.
As the preliminary investigation showed, the cause of the accident could have been a malfunction of the bus brakes.
Road accidents are common in Sri Lanka. On Sunday, more than 20 people were killed and dozens injured when a bus plunged off a cliff in Kotmale in the Central Province. –0–