Sri Lanka, Oct. 26 -- Police are pursuing criminal charges against the bus driver involved in the collision between a bus carrying students and a train at a railway crossing in Habaraduwa, which left 13 students injured.

Deputy Inspector General of Traffic Control and Road Safety W.P.J. Senadheera said the accident occurred around 2.15 p.m. yesterday (25), when a group of 63 students, parents and teachers from a private educational institution in Kottawa was returning from a visit to a museum in Koggala.

Addressing a media briefing today (26), the DIG said the warning lights and bells at the railway crossing had been operating when the driver attempted to cross the tracks.

Despite students reportedly shouting at the driver to stop, he...