17 injured after van topples in Ramboda

17 injured after van topples in Ramboda

May 14, 2025   05:14 pm

(UPDATED) At least 17 persons have been injured and hospitalised after a van veered off the road and toppled down a precipice at the Ramboda Ella-R.B. Watta area, along the Nuwara Eliya - Gampola main road. 

The wounded persons, who are from Rajanganaya, have been admitted to the Kotmale Hospital, however, they have only sustained minor injuries, according to Ada Derana reporter. 

He stated that the incidentally, today’s accident had occurred just one and a half kilometres away from the site of the recent fatal bus crash that killed 23 persons.

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