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Two CTB buses that were travelling from Matara to Walasmulla and Tangalle, collided head-on at the Walasmulla Morakandegoda region, injuring many people. The picture shows the smashed fronts of the two buses.
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A lorry and an SLTB express bus collided near the 34 mile post of Warakapola Dummaladeniya, injuring 20 people. The bus stopped by a river bank after destroying an electric wire pole.
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A private bus that was travelling to Nittambuwa with passengers, rolled over after destroying an electric pole and causing the deaths of 7 people.
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Captain of Wrecked Pirate Treasure Ship Salves Gear
Captain of wrecked pirate treasure ship Salves Gear. Christchurch, Hampshire: Four-days after setting out from Gosport, near Portsmouth, on the yacht Lamorna in search of Captain Kidd's treasure in the South China Seas, the skipper of the vessel, ...
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Car Crashed on a Breadfruit Tree
This stationary car at Peliyagoda was damaged when a breadfruit tree crashed it during a gale.
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No one was seriously injured when this car crashed on to a bus halt and turned at Galle Road, Kollupititya on Friday night. The four passengers who were in it received minor injuries.
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Car Over Turned in this Collision at the Junction of Alexandra Place
One car overturned in this collision at the junction of Alexandria Place and Torrington Avenue yesterday. The occupants escaped without any serious injury.
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Car and a Double Decker Bus Met in Collision at New Buller's Road
This is what happened when a car and a double-decker bus met in collision at New Buller's Road, Bambalapitiya, last night. Two occupants of the car Mr. and Mrs. D.R.E.P. Abeysekare of Arethusa Lane, Wellawatte, were killed and the alleged driver, ...
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