Bus carrying Covid patients crashes in Welikanda (Video)
A bus transporting a group of Covid patients from Colombo to the Punani Covid treatment centre met with an accident in the Aselapura area in Welikanda today.
Police Spokesman, Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Ajith Rohana said the bus carrying Covid patients had collided with another bus traveling from Kattankudy to Polonnaruwa at 07.05 a.m.
The drivers of the two buses had sustained injuries in the accident, while two Covid patients had sustained minor injuries, he said.
DIG Ajith Rohana further said the Covid patients, including the two injured patients, were transferred to the Punani Cvid treatment centre with the assistance of security personnel.
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