Passenger bus skids off a cliff in Sri Lanka, killing 21 people and injuring 35
(11 May 2025)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kotmale - 11 May 2025
1. Various of overturned bus
2. Injured passengers being carried out of the bus
3. Ambulance transporting the injured
4. Various of patients being taken to the hospital
5. SOUNDBITE (Sinhala) Prasanna Gunasena, Sri Lankan Deputy Minister of Transport:
“The accident occurred in the early hours of the morning. According to reports, 21 people have lost their lives, while another group has been admitted to hospital. Fourteen individuals are currently receiving treatment, and hospital sources state that their conditions are not considered serious. The bodies of 13 deceased victims are being held at Kotmale Hospital.
6. Doctors moving a patient
7. SOUNDBITE (Sinhala) Sunimal Perera, passenger on the bus:
Reporter: Were you inside the bus?
Sunimal Perera: "Yes, I was inside the bus"
Reporter: Where exactly were you seated?
Sunimal Perera: "I was right at the front of the bus."
Reporter: Were you injured?
Sunimal Perera: "No."
8. Police officers inspecting the site where the bus overturned
STORYLINE:
A passenger bus skidded off a cliff in Sri Lanka’s tea-growing hill country on Sunday, killing 21 people and injuring 35 others, a police spokesman said.
The accident occurred in the early hours of Sunday near the town of Kotmale, about 140 kilometers (86 miles) east of Colombo, the capital, in a mountainous area of central Sri Lanka, police said.
Prasanna Gunasena, Sri Lankan Deputy Minister of Transport, said 21 people died and another 35 were being treated in hospitals.
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 the hospital for treatment.
At the time of the accident, nearly 50 people were traveling on the bus.
Manathunga said police launched an investigation to ascertain whether the driver's recklessness or a technical fault of the bus caused the accident.
The bus was operated by a state-run bus company, police said.
Deadly bus accidents are common in Sri Lanka, especially in the mountainous regions, often due to reckless driving and poorly maintained and narrow roads.
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RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kotmale - 11 May 2025
1. Various of overturned bus
2. Injured passengers being carried out of the bus
3. Ambulance transporting the injured
4. Various of patients being taken to the hospital
5. SOUNDBITE (Sinhala) Prasanna Gunasena, Sri Lankan Deputy Minister of Transport:
“The accident occurred in the early hours of the morning. According to reports, 21 people have lost their lives, while another group has been admitted to hospital. Fourteen individuals are currently receiving treatment, and hospital sources state that their conditions are not considered serious. The bodies of 13 deceased victims are being held at Kotmale Hospital.
6. Doctors moving a patient
7. SOUNDBITE (Sinhala) Sunimal Perera, passenger on the bus:
Reporter: Were you inside the bus?
Sunimal Perera: "Yes, I was inside the bus"
Reporter: Where exactly were you seated?
Sunimal Perera: "I was right at the front of the bus."
Reporter: Were you injured?
Sunimal Perera: "No."
8. Police officers inspecting the site where the bus overturned
STORYLINE:
A passenger bus skidded off a cliff in Sri Lanka’s tea-growing hill country on Sunday, killing 21 people and injuring 35 others, a police spokesman said.
The accident occurred in the early hours of Sunday near the town of Kotmale, about 140 kilometers (86 miles) east of Colombo, the capital, in a mountainous area of central Sri Lanka, police said.
Prasanna Gunasena, Sri Lankan Deputy Minister of Transport, said 21 people died and another 35 were being treated in hospitals.
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 the hospital for treatment.
At the time of the accident, nearly 50 people were traveling on the bus.
Manathunga said police launched an investigation to ascertain whether the driver's recklessness or a technical fault of the bus caused the accident.
The bus was operated by a state-run bus company, police said.
Deadly bus accidents are common in Sri Lanka, especially in the mountainous regions, often due to reckless driving and poorly maintained and narrow roads.
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