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LNP – Two dead, 40 injured in head-on collision of buses in Minneriya

Two persons have died and around 40 others have sustained injuries following a head-on collision involving two private buses in Minihirigama, Minneriya this afternoon (01).

The accident was a result of a private bus heading towards Polonnaruwa from Colombo colliding head-on with a bus arriving from the opposite direction along the Habarana-Polonnaruwa main road.

The injured have been admitted to the Hingurakgoda and Polonnaruwa hospitals.

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