At least 25 people, including women and children, were injured, many critically, as an express train rammed into a packed bus at an unprotected railway crossing in Beruwala around 7.30 last night, police said. They said the accident took place at the Rockland Junction and at least four people were being treated at the Intensive [...]

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At least 25 people, including women and children, were injured, many critically, as an express train rammed into a packed bus at an unprotected railway crossing in Beruwala around 7.30 last night, police said.

They said the accident took place at the Rockland Junction and at least four people were being treated at the Intensive Care Unit at the Nagoda Hospital.

According to police, the passengers in the bus were from Kandy and were going for a funeral in Galle when the collision took place.
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