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A passenger bus skids off a cliff in Sri Lanka, killing 15 and injuring 16 others
- On September 4, 2025, a passenger bus carrying close to 30 individuals lost control on a mountainous road near Wellawaya, Sri Lanka, and crashed down a steep cliff nearly 300 meters deep, resulting in 15 fatalities and leaving 16 passengers injured.
- The accident took place as passengers were traveling back following a vacation in the hill country’s cooler climate, with early police findings indicating that the bus driver was speeding and consequently lost control of the vehicle.
- The bus collided with another vehicle, crashed through guardrails, and then toppled off a roughly 1,000-foot precipice in the Ella area, about 280 kilometers east of Colombo.
- Police spokesman Fredrick Wootler said the investigation revealed the driver was driving at high speed and lost control, causing the bus to crash and fall off the cliff, while local footage showed the damaged bus at the bottom.
- This accident marks Sri Lanka's deadliest bus crash since May 2025 and underscores ongoing risks from reckless driving and dangerous mountainous roads that contribute to the country's average of 3,000 annual road fatalities.
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A bus carrying about 30 tourists plunged into a precipice along a road in central Sri Lanka, killing 14 of its passengers and the driver, announced on Friday the police.
Passenger bus skids off road, falls into cliff in Sri Lanka, claiming 15 lives, injuring 16 others
At least 15 people were killed and another 16 were injured in a tragic bus accident on Thursday night in the mountainous Badulla District of Sri Lanka's Uva Province. The fatal crash occurred around 9:00 PM local time near Ella town, approximately 280 kilometres east of Colombo. A group of more than 30 people was travelling in the bus on a leisure trip from Tangalle when the driver reportedly lost control of the vehicle while speeding, causing i…
A bus accident occurred on a mountain road in Sri Lanka, where the tragedy claimed 15 lives and several children were injured in the ravine.
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