COLOMBO (News 1st) - The Acting Inspector General of Police has instructed all police officers to enforce the law against vehicles equipped with illegal modifications, such as multi-colored flashing lights and various sound patterns used for horns.Acting Inspector General Priyantha Weerasooriya anno...

COLOMBO (News 1st): The driver involved in the bus accident in Malliappu, Hatton has been further remanded until January 7.The order was issued when he was produced before Hatton Magistrate M. Farookdeen today.On December 21, the bus veered off the road in Malliappu and fell into a precipice, causin...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - The police have begun inspecting buses across Sri Lanka.Acting Inspector General of Police Priyantha Weerasuriya, said that the rise in accidents is the primary reason for this. There have also been reports of drivers driving buses while under the influence.The Acting IGP u...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - Police say 2243 people have died in road accidents from January 1 to December 13, 2024.During this period, a total of 22,967 road accidents were recorded, including 2141 fatal accidents, which account for 9% of all incidents. Additionally, 6500 serious accidents and 9127 mi...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - Atleast 10 people were injured in a bus accident in Kadugannawa.A spokesperson from the Kadugannawa District Hospital said that two people are in critical condition.Police said an SLTB bus traveling from Colombo to Teldeniya was involved in the accident near the Captain Dawson T...