Sri Lanka Bus Crash Kills 15, Injures 18 After Brake Failure |

Описание: At least 15 people were killed and 18 injured after a bus carrying more than 30 passengers veered off a road and plunged around 500 meters (1,640 feet) down the slope of a hill in central Sri Lanka on September 4.The incident occurred when the bus, carrying municipal workers from the southern coastal town of Tangalle, was returning from an excursion to Ella, a town in the east of the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo. A survivor said that prior to the incident, the bus driver had shouted that the brakes had failed. Villagers in the area and nearly 200 military personnel were involved in rescue operations. The injured were taken to nearby hospitals, with several said to be in critical condition.
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