Colombo: Ten passengers were killed and another 21 wounded yesterday when a van and a bus collided on a highway in Sri Lanka's former war zone of Jaffna, police said.
All those killed in the head-on collision along the A-9 highway were passengers travelling in the smaller vehicle, police said adding that three of the wounded were in critical condition.
The crash involved a van heading to Jaffna town and a bigger bus travelling in the opposite direction, police said.