Bus plunges off road injuring 29 passengers

Twenty nine passengers were injured and admitted to the Dickoya Hospital when a SLTB bus from the Hatton Depot en-route to Samimale from Hatton ran off the road at Diyasirigama, Hatton and plunged into about five-feet deep location around 4 p.m. on April 23. The injured included 20 males, four women and five children.

Except one who suffered a fractured hand, the condition of others were not serious, hospital sources said.

Norwood police said a mechanical defect in the bus had caused the accident. Investigations are continuing.