Sri Lanka, June 29 -- An SLTB bus plunged down a precipice near the Diyatalawa railway station early Saturday morning (27) at around 12.45 a.m. after the driver lost control, leaving more than 40 people injured. They have been admitted to the Diyatalawa Teaching Hospital. Hospital sources state that the condition of three individuals remains critical, and they have been transferred to the Badulla Provincial General Hospital and admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

The SLTB-owned bus, which was travellng from Colombo to Badulla with over 40 passengers, was passing through the Galkanda area in Diyatalawa at around 12.45 a.m. when it suddenly veered out of the driver's control. It overturned and plunged into a 15-foot precipice, landi...