Public road accident
Details
Event title
Sri Lanka - Four dead 32 injured in head on collision at Weerawila
Source
Severity
Mid
Event date (UTC)
2026-03-18 17:59:19
Last update (UTC)
2026-03-18 17:59:19
Area range
Local event
Address/Affected area(s)
Weerawila New Town, Lunugamvehera Divisional Secretariat, Hambantota District, Southern Province
Four persons including a Budhist monk died and 32 others were injured when two SLTB buses collided head on at Weerawila at arond 12 noon today (18).
Three of the deceased were women. 22 of the injured were admitted to the Hambanthota Hospital while 10 others have been admitted to the Debarawewa hospital.