Forty-nine including 24 school children were injured when a private bus carrying passengers to Dayagama, Hatton via Fordyce Estate toppled down a 20-foot precipice today (2) morning.
Police and the villagers had rushed to the accident site and the recued passengers were rushed to the Glengan Hospital, Dickoya and Peradeniya Hospital.
Initial police investigations have revealed that the cause of the accident was negligence of the bus driver.
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My memory takes me back to 1979, to a moment etched in time when a strikingly tall and impeccably dressed military officer, a Master in charge of Cadeting at Prince of Wales College commanding a guard of honour presented to President J.R. Jayawardene by the cadets of 3CCC, consisted of Ananda, Nalanda and Prince of Wales Cadet platoons at the Prince of Wales College grounds.
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