COLOMBO, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- At least five people were killed and more than 50 others injured in a multiple-bus collision in Sri Lanka's North Central Province on Tuesday, police said.
The accident occurred on the Medawachchiya-Rambewa section of the A9 highway in the Anuradhapura district and involved two buses operated by the state-run Sri Lanka Transport Board and a private bus.
Police said the two state-owned buses collided head-on before the private bus crashed into the rear of one of them.
The injured were taken to the hospital for treatment.
Police have launched an investigation into the accident. ■
