A five member committee headed by Senior DIG Ajith Rohana has been appointed to investigate the Kotmale bus accident.
Acting IGP Priyantha Weerasooriya has appointed the Committee.
Meanwhile the death toll in the accident has increased to 23 after another 21 year old passenger succumbed to his injuries yesterday.
In a related development another bus accident was reported on Monday night in Aladeniya, Kandy where 37 persons were injured.
They were a group who had arrived to view Vesak decorations.
A Sri Lanka Air Force Bell 212 helicopter belonging to the No. 72 squadron has crashed into the Madhuru Oya reservoir this morning, Air FOrce Media Spokesman Eranda Geeganage said.
Update: Five of the twelve passengers on board the bell 212 aircraft that crashed into the Maduru Oya today, have succumbed to their injuries, the SLAF said.
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