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Bus veers off the road, killing one and injuring 19
View(s):One person was killed and 19 were injured, last evening, when a bus veered off the road and hit an electric post at Lewanduwa on the Matugama – Aluthgama road shortly before entering the Southern expressway from the Welipenna entry point, police said.
The bus carrying about 35 passengers was travelling from Galle to Negombo on a private trip at the time of the accident.
The deceased was identified as Niroshan Udayagna Silva (47) from Ahungallla
Police suspect that the accident was caused due to high speed and wet weather.