Twenty-one killed as bus skids off cliff in Sri Lanka
More than 30 others have been injured after the incident near the town of Kotmale, about 86 miles east of the capital Colombo.
A passenger bus has skidded off a cliff in Sri Lanka’s tea-growing hill country, killing 21 people and injuring 35 others.
The accident occurred in the early hours of Sunday in a mountainous area near the town of Kotmale, about 86 miles east of the capital Colombo.
Police spokesman Buddhika Manathunga said 21 people died and another 35 are being treated in hospital.
Local television showed the bus lying overturned at the bottom of a precipice while workers and others helped remove injured people from the rubble.
The driver was injured and among those admitted to hospital.
Nearly 50 people were on the bus, which was operated by a state-run travel company, at the time of the crash.
Mr Manathunga said police have launched an investigation into the cause of the accident.
