Sri Lanka, Sept. 18 -- An ambulance met with an accident in the Norwood Wensher Watta area along the Hatton-Bogawantalawa main road today, police said.

The collision occurred when a lorry travelling in the opposite direction crashed into the ambulance.

Reports said the ambulance was transporting two patients from the Bogawantalawa District Hospital to the Dikoya Base Hospital at the time of the incident.

Police confirmed that the patients were safely transferred to the Dikoya hospital by another ambulance following the crash.

The driver of the lorry has been taken into custody by the Norwood Police in connection with the accident.

Amid heavy rainfall currently affecting the Norwood area, police have urged motorists using the Hatton-B...