DistantNews
Support us
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka /Energy & Infrastructure

Bus Collides With Train at Ovakanda Railway Crossing

From Lankadeepa · () Sinhala

Translated from Sinhala and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

At a glance

News Named sources Outcome reported
  • A passenger bus collided with a train at the Ovakanda railway crossing in Rathgama, Sri Lanka, on September 7, police said.
  • The bus sustained heavy damage, but its driver survived.
  • A local council member said the crossing had long been unsafe because its signal system did not operate properly.

A passenger bus collided with a train at the Ovakanda railway crossing in Rathgama on Monday afternoon, suffering heavy damage, according to Rathgama police.

The driver narrowly escaped with his life. The bus had been operating on the Galle-Colombo passenger route and was traveling to a garage in the Rathgama Ovakanda area for repairs after completing its scheduled journey.

Police said it collided with a train traveling from Colombo to Beliatta. Rathgama local council member Harsha Pasan said the crossing had a light-signal system, but it had not functioned properly and had left the crossing unsafe for some time.

About this summary

Originally published by Lankadeepa in Sinhala. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

More Stories

From Our Blog