Two individuals have been critically injured when a bus collided with a Kandy-Colombo Fort express train at the Wanawasala railway crossing in Kelaniya this morning (01). Reportedly, the bus had attempted to cross the railway line despite active signal lights and collided with the speeding train. A lottery ticket seller and a passerby had sustained critical injuries in the incident and have been admitted to the Colombo National Hospital for treatment. The wife of the injured lottery ticket seller told Ada Derana that the bus moved on towards the railway line despite protests from passersby. Then [the bus] collided with the train and crashed into our house.

Source: The Nation March 01, 2021 08:26 UTC