Luxury bus crashes into lamp post injuring seven

Seven persons, including three foreigners were hospitalised after a luxury bus plying from Colombo to Trincomalee skidded off the road and crashed into an lamp post at Agbopura, Kantale yesterday, police said.

One person in a critical condition was transferred to the Trincomalee Hospital from the Kantale Hospital. The others were being treated at the Kantale Hospital, police said.

Police believe that the driver of the bus may have fallen asleep.